Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades: Celebrations in the Time of Stalin

by Karen Petrone

Life Has Become More Joyous, Comrades
Celebrations in the Time of Stalin
Karen Petrone

A lively investigation of the official and unofficial meanings of Stalinist celebrations.

"An impressive and highly readable book that . . . casts a clear and disturbing light on the relationship of Stalinist mythology, state power, popular participation, and the unending complexities of social and cultural survival mechanisms and daily life."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253337682
• ISBN13: 9780253337689
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"