Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades: Celebrations in the Time of Stalin (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades: Celebrations in the Time of Stalin (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades: Celebrations in the Time of Stalin (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

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Book Description
A lively analysis and social history of celebration, Life Has Become More Joyous Comrades focuses on the the social structures and practices of Stalin's Soviet Union. The work analyzes how Soviet and Party leaders of the 1930s used celebrations to promote legitimacy and authority and explores ways in which these celebrations allowed Soviet citizens to express alternative, even subversive, viewpoints.

About the Author
Karen Petrone is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kentucky.

Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades: Celebrations in the Time of Stalin (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies),Karen Petrone,Indiana University Press,0253337682,Customs & Traditions,Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union,Festivals,History,History - General History,History: World,Holidays,Holidays (non religious),Manners And Customs,Popular Culture,Popular Culture - General,Soviet Union

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