Tear off the masks! : identity and imposture in twentieth-century Russia /
Fitzpatrick, Sheila,
Tear off the masks! : identity and imposture in twentieth-century Russia / by Sheila Fitzpatrick. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Becoming Soviet -- The Bolshevik invention of class -- Class identities in NEP society -- Class and Soslovie -- Lives under fire -- The two faces of Anastasia -- Story of a peasant striver -- Women's lives -- Supplicants and citizens -- Patrons and clients -- Signals from below -- Wives' tales -- The world of Ostap Bender -- The con man as Jew -- Becoming post-Soviet.
Russia in the 20th century experienced two massive socio-political upheavals, in 1917 and again in 1991. This book examines the ways in which Russians created, discarded and disguised identities that would either advance their interests or place them at risk in the wake of these revolutions.
9781400843732
Group identity--Soviet Union.
Social classes--Soviet Union.
Group identity--Russia (Federation)
Social classes--Russia (Federation)
Electronic Books.
HN523 / .T437 2005
Tear off the masks! : identity and imposture in twentieth-century Russia / by Sheila Fitzpatrick. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, (c)2005. - 1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Becoming Soviet -- The Bolshevik invention of class -- Class identities in NEP society -- Class and Soslovie -- Lives under fire -- The two faces of Anastasia -- Story of a peasant striver -- Women's lives -- Supplicants and citizens -- Patrons and clients -- Signals from below -- Wives' tales -- The world of Ostap Bender -- The con man as Jew -- Becoming post-Soviet.
Russia in the 20th century experienced two massive socio-political upheavals, in 1917 and again in 1991. This book examines the ways in which Russians created, discarded and disguised identities that would either advance their interests or place them at risk in the wake of these revolutions.
9781400843732
Group identity--Soviet Union.
Social classes--Soviet Union.
Group identity--Russia (Federation)
Social classes--Russia (Federation)
Electronic Books.
HN523 / .T437 2005