General Information

Author/Creator

Komaromi, Ann, author.

Language

English.

Published

Ithaca, NY : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.

Physical Description

xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Traces the emergence and development of samizdat as an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. Based on research of the underground journals, bulletins, art folios and other periodical editions produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, this book analyzes the role of samizdat in fostering new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens"--

Subjects

Subject

Underground literature > Social aspects > Soviet Union.

Underground press publications > Social aspects > Soviet Union.

Underground periodicals > Social aspects > Soviet Union.

Literature and society > Soviet Union.

Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Ann Komaromi.

Series

NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies

Content

Introduction : Samizdat and Underground Publics in the USSR -- Samizdat and the Historical Self -- Giving Voice to Truth in Samizdat -- Imagining Time in Samizdat -- Spaces of Samizdat Sociality -- Conclusion : Samizdat and the Contradictions of Soviet Modernity.

ISBN

9781501763595

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	891.709/0044 KOM		Reference	-

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