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Media and communication in the Soviet Union (1917-1953) : general perspectives / / edited by Kirill Postoutenko, Alexey Tikhomirov and Dmitri Zakharine |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (442 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Communication - Social aspects |
Civilization |
Mass media |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Soviet Communication and Soviet Society (1917-1953): Alignments and Tensions -- Overview -- Soviet Society in Communication: Political Conditions and Interactional Consequences -- Communication in Soviet Society: Adaptations, Changes and Repercussions -- References -- Part I: Channels -- Chapter 2: Visual Channels (1): Posters and Fine Art -- Posters -- Fine Art -- References -- Chapter 3: Visual Channels (2): Cityscapes -- Talking to the Uninitiated -- A More Planned Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Visual Channels (3): Cartography -- Introduction -- The Development of Soviet Cartography -- Mapping the Revolution: The Cartographic Communication of Spatial Ideology -- Cartographic Secrecy in Post-revolutionary Russia -- References -- Published Sources -- Archival Sources -- Chapter 5: Auditory Channels: Crowing Roosters and Wailing Sirens -- Human Vocal Organs, Musical Instruments, and Records -- Soundscapes: A General View -- Russia Between Rural and Industrial Soundscapes: A Comparative Glance -- Sound Design and the Recording Rituals: Constructing Soviet Soundscape -- Noise with a Soul: Soundscapes of Soviet Cinema -- Conclusion -- References -- Filmography -- |
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Chapter 6: Tactile Channels: Brotherly Kisses, Handshakes, and Flogging in a Bathhouse -- Proximity as a Social Identifier -- Touch and Proxemics -- The Politics of Brotherly Kissing in Russia and the Soviet Union -- Rubbing the Back in a Bathhouse from Old to Stalinist Russia -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Media -- Chapter 7: Public Body (1): Popular Assemblies -- Popular Assembly as a Special Interactional Setting -- Birth of Popular Assembly from the Spirit of Revolution -- Modifications of Popular Assembly in Mature Stalinism. |
Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Public Body (2): Mass Festivals -- 1917-1927 -- 1927-1941 -- 1941-1953 -- Epilog: Mass Festivals Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev -- References -- Chapter 9: Public Body (3): State Celebrations and Street Festivities -- Introduction -- Variety of Soviet Mass Assemblies -- A Chronology of Mass Assemblies -- 1918-1920 -- 1921-1926 -- 1927-1933 -- 1934-1941 -- Mass Assemblies Theorized by the Contemporaries -- Mass Assemblies in the View of the Modern Scholarship -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Private Body: Kitchen Gossip and Bedroom Whispers -- Romantic Love -- Family -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Public Print (1): Books and Periodicals -- The Civil War -- The New Economic Policy -- The Stalin Revolution -- References -- Chapter 12: Public Print (2): Coins and Bank Notes -- Money as a Medium of Communication: Some General Remarks -- Soviet Money: A Concise Prehistory -- Soviet Money as a Medium of Communication: A Standard of Value -- Soviet Money as a Medium of Communication: A Store of Value -- Soviet Money as a Medium of Communication: A Means of Exchange -- Soviet Money as a Medium of Communication: A Propaganda Tool -- References -- Chapter 13: Private Handwriting (1): Diaries -- The Invention of the Soviet Self -- Public Faces in Private Narratives -- Private Handwriting and the Totality of the Public Sphere -- Searching for Truth -- References -- Chapter 14: Private Handwriting (2): Personal Letters -- Institutionalization, Official Procedures, and Legal Framework -- Addressees and the Classification of Letters -- Authors -- Letters to Newspapers -- Personification of Power, Reciprocity, and Exchange -- Structure of the Letters -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Private Handwriting (3): Denunciations -- Promoting the New Practice -- Behind the Scene. |
The Meaning of Soviet Denunciation -- References -- Chapter 16: Private/Public Handwriting: Self-reports -- Self-Report as "Samootchet" -- Self-Report as Self-Criticism -- Self-Report as Self-Education: Gender Roles -- References -- Chapter 17: Electrical Signalling (1): Telegraph -- Imperial Heritage -- The Telegraph, a Tool of Territorial Conquest -- Telegraphic Hierarchies -- The Persistence of the Telegraph -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Electrical Signalling (2): Telephone -- References -- Chapter 19: Electrical Signalling (3): Film -- The Scissors of "Ideology" and "Commerce": Seeking the Art Form Intelligible for the Millions -- Sound on: The Voice of State Power -- Screened Reality: Not Image but Formula -- Conclusion -- References -- Filmography -- Chapter 20: Electrical Signalling (4): Radio -- Defining Radio and Radio Communication -- How Soviet Union Failed to Become a Part of the Global Village -- Promises and Pitfalls of Broadcasting at a Distance -- "Wheezing Stalin," or the Quality of the Sound Reception in Early Soviet Radio -- Radio During Stalin's Industrialization Campaign -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Boundaries and Flows -- Chapter 21: Boundaries (1): "Nomenklatura" Versus the Rest -- Nomenklatura as Code of Administration -- Nomenklatura as Code of Privilege -- The Code of Administration and Regime Discourse -- Conclusion -- References |
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-- Chapter 22: Boundaries (2): "Comrades" vs. Deviants -- Introduction -- The Bolshevik Idea of the Revolution -- The Concept of the Proletariat as an Example of Circular Thinking -- The Tenth Party Congress: How the Party Saw Itself in the Early 1920s -- The Party: Recruitment, Purges, and the Dynamics of Membership -- From Circular Thinking to the Great Terror -- The Party as a Deviant: Trotsky, Riutin, and the Dissidents -- References. |
Chapter 23: Top-down Verbal Messaging: Textbooks -- Introduction -- The New Pedagogy and Tensions between Center and Periphery: In Search of the New Soviet Textbook -- The Centralization of the State Control: In Search of the New Bolshevik Textbook -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 24: Bottom-up Non-verbal Messaging: Applause -- Introduction -- Applause as a Messaging Device: Organization, Functions, Limitations, and Ambiguities -- Applause in Russia Before 1917: Some Pre-history -- Applause as a Messaging Device in Soviet Politics from Lenin to Stalin -- Never-ending Applause from Below: Exhausted Followers -- Never-ending Applause from Above: Infuriated Leader -- References -- Chapter 25: Top-down Extraction of Bottom-up Messages: Surveillance -- References -- Index. |
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