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Book SynopsisThe Fate of the New Man traces the dramatic changes in the representation of the Soviet man in the postwar period. It focuses on the two identities that came to dominate such depictions in the two decades after the end of the war: the Soviet man's previous role as a soldier and his new role in the home once the war was over.
Trade Review"McCallum's use of the visual to explore masculinity is unique. The Fate of the New Man is significant in that it shows the importance of the image of the Soviet man as father in the 1950s and 1960s, and reminds us that chronological borders are messy. McCallum convincingly shows that the ideal of the New Soviet Man changes over time, but not necessarily according to the familiar chronology of Stalinism, the Thaw, and the Era of Stagnation." --Karen Petrone, author of The Great War in Russian Memory "The Fate of the New Man is an important contribution to the growing field of Russian masculinity studies. The discussion of the soldier/veteran is particularly effective, and the chapters on fatherhood allow McCallum to revisit the familiar territory of the Soviet leader as surrogate father, but on the strength of an entirely new set of analytic readings." --Eliot Borenstein, New York University
