General Information

Author/Creator

von Zitzewitz, Josephine, author.

Language

English.

Published

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Physical Description

xi, 248 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"By analysing the periodicals produced in late Soviet Leningrad, The Culture of Samizdat makes use of oral and written testimonies to examine the role of Samizdat activists in late Soviet Russia. Crucially, as well as providing new insight into Samizdat texts, the book employs an interdisciplinary theoretical approach which draws on both the sociology of reading and book history. In doing so, von Zitzewitz uncovers the importance of 'middlemen' - including editors, readers and typists - in the Samizdat subculture"--

Subjects

Subject

Underground literature > Soviet Union > History and criticism.

Underground press publications > Soviet Union > History.

Underground literature > Publishing > Soviet Union > History.

Dissenters > Soviet Union.

Books and reading > Soviet Union.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Josephine von Zitzewitz.

Series

Library of modern Russia

Content

Introduction -- Samizdat: A Culture of Readers and Networks -- Readers: An Online Survey for Samizdat Readers -- Manufacturists: Samizdat Typists -- Collectors: Samizdat Libraries -- Patrons: Samizdat Journal Editors -- Institutions: Literary Samizdat and Official Culture -- Conclusion.

ISBN

9781788313766

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	070.50947 ZIT		Reference	-

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