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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823388803321

Titolo

Reconstructing the House of Culture : community, self, and the makings of culture in Russia and beyond / / edited by Brian Donahoe and Joachim Otto Habeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-39516-9

9786613395160

0-85745-276-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DonahoeBrian

HabeckJoachim Otto

Disciplina

306.0947

Soggetti

Ethnology - Russia (Federation)

Art and anthropology - Russia (Federation)

Art and society - Russia (Federation)

Art centers - Russia (Federation)

Community centers - Russia (Federation)

Post-communism - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Siberian House of Culture in comparative perspective -- pt. 2. Expanding the stage : the House of Culture in broader historical and geographical context.

Sommario/riassunto

Notions of culture, rituals and their meanings, the workings of ideology in everyday life, public representations of tradition and ethnicity, and the social consequences of economic transition- these are critical issues in the social anthropology of Russia and other postsocialist countries. Engaged in the negotiation of all these is the House of Culture, which was the key institution for cultural activities and implementation of state cultural policies in all socialist states. The House of Culture was officially responsible for cultural enlightenment, moral edification, and personal cultivatio