Soviet consumer culture in the Brezhnev era / / Natalya Chernyshova

• Autore: Chernyshova Natalya
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages ) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 306.30947/09047
• Soggetto topico: Consumers - Soviet Union - History; Consumption (Economics) - Soviet Union; Consumption (Economics) - Political aspects - Soviet Union; Cost and standard of living - Soviet Union
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Economic conditions 1965-1975; Soviet Union Economic conditions 1975-1985
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction 1. Between Failure and Success: The Economics and Politics of Consumption under Brezhnev 2. Redefining the Norms of Socialist Consumption 3. Shopping as a Way of Life: The Experiences and Values of Soviet Consumers 4. Structures of Consumption: Class and Generation 5. From 'Modest' to 'Modish': New Attitudes to Clothes and Fashion 6. Closing the Door on Socialism: Furniture and the Domestic Interior 7. Household Technology in the Brezhnev-era Home Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: This title tells the story of the late Soviet consumer revolution. It analyses the politics and economics of the state's efforts to improve living standards, and shows how mass consumption was often used as an instrument of legitimacy, ideology and modernisation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Soviet consumer culture in the Brezhnev era
• ISBN: 0-203-36202-0; 1-135-04627-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779744203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; ; 90.