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Common Places: Mythologies of Everyday Life in Russia

By Svetlana Boym
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By Svetlana Boym
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What is the “real Russia”? What is the relationship between national dreams and kitsch, between political and artistic utopia and everyday existence? Commonplaces of daily living would be perfect clues for those seeking to understand a culture. But all who write big books on Russian life confess their failure to get properly inside Russia, to understand its “doublespeak.”

Svetlana Boym is a unique guide. A member of the last Soviet Generation, the Russian equivalent of our Generation X, she ...

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HistorySocial SciencesRussian & Soviet HistorySocial Sciences - General & Miscellaneous1991 - Present (Post-Soviet Russia) - HistoryPopular Culture StudiesRussia (Federation) - History - Social AspectsPopular Culture - General & Miscellaneous