Description
This anthology introduces readers to Tsarist Russia's emerging popular and commercial urban culture and the individuals and groups that produced and consumed it. The selections translated here illustrate in colorful detail how the experiences and the composition of Russian society and culture evolved from the late eighteenth century through the 1917 revolution, in response to economic, technological, and political changes. Fortunetelling and etiquette manuals, thieves' tales, children's literature, popular songs, war stories, women's novels, satires of life in America, and vaudeville skits are just a few of the genres represented.
A unique anthology of Tsarist Russia's urban popular culture.
Book Information
ISBN 9780253211958
Author James Von Geldern
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 726g
