Soviet samizdat : imagining a new society / Ann Komaromi

Author: Komaromi, Ann
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date: ©2022
Physical Description: xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies

Contents

Introduction : Samizdat and Underground Publics in the USSR -- Samizdat and the Historical Self -- Giving Voice to Truth in Samizdat -- Imagining Time in Samizdat -- Spaces of Samizdat Sociality -- Conclusion : Samizdat and the Contradictions of Soviet Modernity.

Summary

"Traces the emergence and development of samizdat as an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. Based on research of the underground journals, bulletins, art folios and other periodical editions produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, this book analyzes the role of samizdat in fostering new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens"--

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9781501763595 hardcover
1501763598 hardcover

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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