{"product_id":"things-of-life-alexey-golubev-9781501752889","title":"Things of Life: Materiality in Late Soviet Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a social and cultural history of material objects and spaces during the late socialist era. It traces the biographies of Soviet things, examining how the material world of the late Soviet period influenced Soviet people's gender roles, habitual choices, social trajectories, and imaginary aspirations. Instead of seeing political structures and discursive frameworks as the only mechanisms for shaping Soviet citizens, Alexey Golubev explores how Soviet people used objects and spaces to substantiate their individual and collective selves. In doing so, Golubev rediscovers what helped Soviet citizens make sense of their selves and the world around them, ranging from space rockets and model aircraft to heritage buildings, and from home gyms to the hallways and basements of post-Stalinist housing. Through these various materialist fascinations, \u003ci\u003eThe Things of Life\u003c\/i\u003e considers the ways in which many Soviet people subverted the efforts of the Communist regime to transform them into a rationally organized, disciplined, and easily controllable community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolubev argues that late Soviet materiality had an immense impact on the organization of the Soviet historical and spatial imagination. His approach also makes clear the ways in which the Soviet self was an integral part of the global experience of modernity rather than simply an outcome of Communist propaganda. Through its focus on materiality and personhood, \u003ci\u003eThe Things of Life\u003c\/i\u003e expands our understanding of what made Soviet people and society \"Soviet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexey Golubev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150175288X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501752889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Alexey Golubev","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990775300351,"sku":"9781501752889","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e8d7829-ab9c-46c5-854f-b3070df2758f.jpg?v=1683306611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/things-of-life-alexey-golubev-9781501752889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}