Stalin's last generation
Subtitle: Soviet post-war youth and the emergence of mature socialism
By: Juliane Fürst
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780199575060
Subjects: Youth; Social conditions; Communism; Politics and government; History
Description: An in-depth study of late Stalinist youth and youth culture, this book illuminates the complex relationship between the Soviet state and its youth and provides a new framework for understanding late Stalinism and its impact on the future development of the Soviet system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-384) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marks and burns : youth and consequences of war; title: Explaining the inexplicable : youth and post-war ideological campaigns; title: Mechanisms of integration : rituals, icons, and idols; title: Wartime heroes for post-war youth : the rise and fall of the young guard; title: Morals under siege : the myth and reality of juvenile crime; title: Redefining Sovietness : fashion, style, and nonconformity; title: Comrades, friends, and lovers : post-war personal relations and gender identities in theory and practice; title: Patterns of participation : finding a self in the system.