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The Russian Reading Revolution

Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Stephen Lovell

    1. St John’s College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Russia and East Europe (SREE)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Russia’s Reading Myth

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Creation of the Soviet Reader

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 25-44

  4. The Arrival of the New Reader: The Post-Stalin Period

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 45-71

  5. Reading Revitalized? The Perestroika Project and its Aftermath

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 72-97

  6. The Periodical Press: Background and Case-Studies

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 98-127

  7. Reading in Post-Soviet Russia

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 128-155

  8. Conclusion

    • Stephen Lovell
    Pages 156-159

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 160-215
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About this book

Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically, by the economic and cultural changes of the 1990s.

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"Readers seeking to understand the current turbulence in post-Soviet culture will be well served by Lovell's comprehensive study of the Soviet reading public." - Choice

"...a valuable account of the evolution of print culture under Soviet rule." - Slavic Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • St John’s College, Oxford, UK

    Stephen Lovell

About the author

Stephen Lovell is Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College, Oxford.

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