The Russian Reading Revolution Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras
Description
Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s.
Keywords
HistoryRussia & the Former Soviet UnionPolitical ScienceHistory & Theory
2000Book
Author(s)Lovell, Stephen
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333778265
LanguageEnglish
