Everyday Life in Russia Past and Present - (Indiana-Michigan Russian and East European Studies) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Changes in consumption and communication patterns, the restructuring of familial and social relations, systems of cultural meanings, and evolving practices in the home, at the workplace, and at sites of leisure are among the topics explored.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In these original essays on long-term patterns of everyday life in prerevolutionary, Soviet, and contemporary Russia, distinguished scholars survey the cultural practices, power relations, and behaviors that characterized daily existence for Russians through the post-Soviet present. Microanalyses and transnational perspectives shed new light on the formation and elaboration of gender, ethnicity, class, nationalism, and subjectivity. Changes in consumption and communication patterns, the restructuring of familial and social relations, systems of cultural meanings, and evolving practices in the home, at the workplace, and at sites of leisure are among the topics explored.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>Everyday Life in Russia Past and Present</i> . . . offers readers a richly theoretical and empirical consideration of the 'state of play' of everyday life as it applies to the interdisciplinary study of Russia. </p>-- "Slavic Review"<br><br><p>[T]his book is a must-read for any scholar engaging with Russian culture. It explores many unfamiliar facets of everyday Russia and reveals new, unexpected angles of familiar topics.</p>-- "The Russian Review"<br><br><p>An engaging look at a vibrant area of research. . . . Highly recommended.</p>-- "Choice"<br><br><p>Everyday Life in Russia Past and Present is an excellent and ambitious edited collection . . . . The authors . . . are some of the best in theeld and their contributions challenge and expand our understanding of the concept of everyday life as lived in prerevolutionary, Soviet, and contemporary Russia.</p>-- "Canadian Slavonic Papers"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Choi Chatterjee is Professor of History at California State University, Los Angeles.</p><p>David L. Ransel is Robert F. Byrnes Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington.</p><p>Mary Cavender is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University at Mansfield.</p><p>Karen Petrone is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky.</p>
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