To See Paris and Die The Soviet Lives of Western Culture |
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| Author:
| Gilburd, Eleonory |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-98977-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $67.00USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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After Stalin died a torrent of Western novels, films, and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes. Soviet citizens invested these imports with political and personal significance, transforming them into intimate possessions. Eleonory Gilburd reveals how Western culture defined the last three decades of the Soviet Union, its death, and afterlife.
After Stalin died a torrent of Western novels, films, and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes. Soviet citizens invested these imports with political and personal significance, transforming them into intimate possessions. Eleonory Gilburd reveals how Western culture defined the last three decades of the Soviet Union, its death, and afterlife.