Unmaking of Soviet Life Everyday Economies after Socialism

Name: Unmaking of Soviet Life Everyday Economies after Socialism
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ISBN: 9780801487736

ISBN-10: 0801487730

ISBN-13: 9780801487736

Edition: 2002

Authors: Caroline Humphrey

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The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten essays from award-winning author Caroline Humphrey. Humphrey explores such topics as the mafia, barter, bribery, and the new shamanism, locating them in the experiences of a wide range of subjects.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Caroline Humphrey is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Hull.



List of Illustrations


Foreword: The Shifting Fields of Culture and Society after Socialism



Note on Transliteration


Abbreviations and Terms


Introduction



The Politics of Locality in an Unstable State



"Icebergs," Barter, and the Mafia in Provincial Russia



Mythmaking, Narratives, and the Dispossessed in Russia



Creating a Culture of Disillusionment: Consumption in Moscow, a Chronicle of Changing Times



Strategies beyond the Law



Traders, "Disorder," and Citizenship Regimes in Provincial Russia



Russian Protection Rackets and the Appropriation of Law and Order



Rethinking Bribery in Contemporary Russia



Rethinking Personhood



Avgai Khad: Theft and Social Trust in Postcommunist Mongolia



The Domestic Mode of Production in Post-Soviet Siberia?



The Villas of the "New Russians": A Sketch of Consumption and Cultural Identity in Post-Soviet Landscapes



Shamans in the City


Notes


Bibliography


Index