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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Schlögel, Karl (1948-....). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : The Soviet century [Texte imprimé] : archaeology of a lost world / Karl Schlögel ; translated by Rodney Livingstone
Traduction de : Sowjetische Jahrhundert
Publication : Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-906 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : "First published in Germany under the title "Das sowjetische Jahrhundert," by Karl Schlögel, copyright Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, 2018.". - Bibliogr. p. 823-880. Index"The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least int he material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in the USSR? What did it look. fell smell, and sound like? In The Soviet Century, Karl Schlögel, one of the world's leading historians of the Soviet Union, presents a spellbinding epic that brings to life the everyday world of a unique lost civilization. A museum of--and travel guide to--the Soviet past, The Soviet Century explores i evocative detail both the largest and smallest aspects of life int he USSR, from the Gulag, the planned economy, the railway system, and the steel city of Magnitogorsk to cookbooks, military medals, prison camp tattoos, and the ubiquitous perfume Red Moscow. The book examines iconic aspects of Soviet life, including long queues outside shops, cramps communal apartments, parades, and the Lenin mausoleum, as well as less famous but important parts of the USSR, including the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, the voice of Radio Moscow, graffiti, and even the typical toilet, which became a pervasive social and cultural topic. Throughout, the book shows how Soviet life simultaneously combined utopian fantasies, humdrum routine, and a pervasive terror symbolized by the Lubyanka, then as now the headquarters of the secret police. Drawing on Schlögel's decades of travel in the Soviet and post-Soviet world, and featuring more than 8- illustrations, The Soviet Century is vivid, immediate, and grounded in firsthand encounters with the places and objects it describes. The result in an unforgettable account of the Soviet Century
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Livingstone, Rodney (1934-....). Traducteur
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre : - Autre forme du titre : Archaeology of a lost world
Sujet(s) : Civilisation -- URSS Moeurs et coutumes -- URSS Communisme et culture -- URSS
Indice(s) Dewey : 947.084 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Russie - 1917-1991
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691183749. - ISBN 0691183740 (rel.). - ISBN 9780691232386 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47311698m
Notice n° : FRBNF47311698 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : archaeology of a vanished world ; Shards of Empire ; Highway of enthusiasts ; Soviet sign-worlds ; The life of things ; Oases of freedom ; Interiors ; Landscapes, public spaces ; Big data ; Rituals ; Bodies ; Kolyma : the pole of cold ; The Solovetsky special camp, laboratory of extremes : Monastery Island as concentration camp ; Corridors of power ; The noise of time ; Alien territory, contact zones, in-between worlds ; The railroads of empire : time travel back into the Russian twentieth century ; Red cube : the Lenin mausoleum as keystone ; The Lubyanka project : design for a musée imaginaire of Soviet civilisation.