Socialist Fun: Youth, Consumption, and State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1945-1970

by Gleb Tsipursky

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Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. The primary local venues for Soviet culture were the tens of thousands of klubs where young people found entertainment, leisure, social life, and romance. Here sports, dance, film, theater, music,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822963965

ISBN13:9780822963967

Release Date:April 2016

Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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Socialist Fun: Youth, Consumption, and State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1945-1970

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