Eleonory Gilburd: 2 books
To See Paris and Die
The Soviet Lives of Western Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
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.
The Thaw
Soviet Society and Culture during the 1950s and 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
The period from Stalin’s death in 1953 to the end of the 1960s marked a crucial epoch in Soviet history. Though not overtly revolutionary, this era produced significant shifts in policies, ideas, language, artistic practices, daily behaviours, and material life. It was also during this time that...