{"product_id":"speaking-in-soviet-tongues-9780875803135","title":"Speaking in Soviet Tongues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work explores how early Soviet language culture gave rise to unparalleled verbal creativity and utopian imagination, while sowing the seeds for perhaps the most notorious forms of Orwellian \"newspeak\" known to the modern era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate book that explains, better than anything else in print, the origins and inner workings of the Stalinist language culture. Gorham breaks new ground, writing with zest and elegance as he tells a fascinating story.\"—Victoria Bonnell, University of California\u003cbr\u003e \"A rare thing indeed, a wholly original work of scholarship. Gorham's work is truly outstanding.\"\u003cbr\u003e -James von Geldern, Macalester College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Contours of the Communication Gap \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Revolutionary Voice and the Resurrection of Meaning \u003cbr\u003e 3. Awkward Ambiguities of the Soviet Vox Populi \u003cbr\u003e 4. Models of Proletarian Language Acquisition \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Cleansing Authority of the Russian National Voice \u003cbr\u003e 6. Canonization of the Party-State Voice \u003cbr\u003e 7. Narrating the Party State \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Politics of Voice at the Margins of Soviet History \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406418157911,"sku":"9780875803135","price":33.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803135.jpg?v=1730495728","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speaking-in-soviet-tongues-9780875803135","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}