Soviet Society in the Era of Late Socialism, 1964-1985Neringa Klumbytė, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova What did it mean to be a Soviet citizen in the 1970s and 1980s? How can we explain the liberalization that preceded the collapse of the USSR? This period in Soviet history is often depicted as stagnant with stultified institutions and the oppression of socialist citizens. However, the socialist state was not simply an oppressive institution that dictated how to live and what to think--it also responded to and was shaped by individuals' needs. In Soviet Society in the Era of Late Socialism, 1964-85, Neringa Klumbyte and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova bring together scholarship examining the social and cultural life of the USSR and Eastern Europe from 1964 to 1985. This interdisciplinary and comparative study explores topics such as the Soviet middle class, individualism, sexuality, health, late-socialist ethics, and civic participation. Examining this often overlooked era provides the historical context for all post-socialist political, economic, and social developments. |
Contents
Introduction What Was Late Socialism? | 1 |
1 Plutonium Enriched Making Bombs and MiddleClasses | 15 |
2 A Middle Class without Capitalism? Socialist Ideology and PostCollectivist Discourse in the LateSoviet Era | 43 |
3 Cultural Wars in the Closed City of Soviet Ukraine 19591982 | 67 |
4 Soviet Ethical Citizenship Morality the State and Laughter in Late Soviet Lithuania | 91 |
5 Pluralizing Practices in LateSocialist Moscow Russian Alternative Practitioners Reclaim and Redefine Individualism | 117 |
6 Football in the Era of Changing Stagnation The Case of Spartak Moscow | 143 |
7 Beyond the Genres of Stagnation Reading the Allure of I Grekovas The Hotel Manager | 163 |
8 Raped with Politburon Bawdy Humor and Disempowerment in Yuz Aleshkovskys Prose | 183 |
Afterword Postcard from Berlin Rethinking the Juncture of Late Socialism and Late Liberalism in Europe | 203 |
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About the Authors | 249 |
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