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Book SynopsisExplores global interconnections and cultural cross-pollination between communist and capitalist countries and within the communist world
Trade Review[T]his is a very engaging collection of essays that adds much to an evolving literature on the social history of the Soviet Union and broader socialist societies. . . . Recommended.
* Choice *
These essays greatly expand our comprehension of the socialist sixties in global perspective and serve as a springboard for further inquiry. The editors and contributors deserve much praise for helping revise our understanding of the socialist world in the decade and a half after Stalin's death, while also placing the socialist experience within a worldwide context.
* The Russian Review *
The Socialist Sixties is highly recommended for students and scholars interested in the vibrancy of post-WWII socialist societies, a broader understanding of 1960s cultural change, and a transnational, cross-disciplinary historical approach in action.
* Anthropology of East Europe Review *
[I]n presenting thoughtful and imaginative work by both established and emerging scholars, this volume demonstrates the value of transnational and global history for opening up new questions and perspectives.
* Slavic Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Socialist 1960s in Global Perspective Anne E. Gorsuch and Diane P. Koenker
Socialist Modern
1. This is Tomorrow! Becoming a Consumer in the Soviet Sixties Susan E. Reid
2. Modernity Unbound: The New Soviet City of the Sixties Lewis H. Siegelbaum
3. Sputnik Premiers in Havana: An Historical Ethnography of the 1960 Soviet Exhibition João Filipe Gonçalves
Contact Zones
4. The Thaw Goes International: Soviet Literature in Translation and Transit in the 1960s Polly Jones
5. Guitar Poetry, Democratic Socialism, and the Limits of 1960s Internationalism Rossen Djagalov
6. Songs from the Wood, Love from the Fields: The Soviet Tourist Song Movement Christian Noack
7. Look Left, Drive Right: Internationalisms at the 1968 World Youth Festival Nicholas Rutter
8. A Test of Friendship: Soviet-Czechoslovak Tourism and the Prague Spring Rachel Applebaum
Popular Culture and Media
9. Postmemory, Counter-memory: Soviet Cinema of the 1960s Lilya Kaganovsky
10. The Politics of Privatization: Television Entertainment and the Yugoslav Sixties Sabina Mihelj
11. Playing Catch-Up: Soviet Media and Soccer Hooliganism, 1965-1975 Robert Edelman
12. Listening to Los Beatles: Being Young in 1960s Cuba Anne Luke
13. In Search of an Ending: Seventeen Moments and the Seventies Stephen Lovell
Contributors
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