The Thaw : Soviet Society and Culture During the 1950s And 1960s.

Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations, Figures, and Tables -- Archival Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Thaw as an Event in Russian History -- Part One: Looking Back -- 2 'Wait for Me and I Shall Return': The Early Thaw as a Reprise of Late Thirties Culture? -- 3 Khrushchev's Gulag: The Soviet Penitentiary System after Stalin's Death, 1953-1964 -- 4 From Prisoners to Citizens? Ex-Prisoners in Vorkuta during the Thaw -- 5 Remembering and Explaining the Terror during the Thaw: Soviet Readers of Ehrenburg and Solzhenitsyn in the 1960s -- 6 The Personal and the Political: Opposition to the Thaw and the Politics of Literary Identity in the 1950s and 1960s -- Part Two: Looking Forward -- 7 From White Grave to Tselinograd to Astana: The Virgin Lands Opening, Khrushchev's Forgotten First Reform -- 8 The Empires Pay a Visit: Gulag Returnees, East European Rebellions, and Soviet Frontier Politics -- 9 The Revival of Soviet Internationalism in the Mid to Late 1950s -- 10 Soviet Fashion in the 1950s-1960s: Regimentation, Western Influences, and Consumption Strategies -- 11 Cine-Weathers: Soviet Thaw Cinema in the International Context -- 12 Afterword: The Thaw in Retrospect -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Featuring innovative research by historical, literary, and film scholars from across the world, this book helps to answer fundamental questions about the nature and ultimate fortune of the Soviet order - both in its internal dynamics and in its long-term and global perspectives.

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