Timo Vihavainen and Elena Bogdanova, eds. Communism and Consumerism: The Soviet Alternative to the Affluent Society. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2015

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Laura A. Henry
Department of Government, Bowdoin College

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In the opening ceremonies to the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, intricately choreographed dance routines depicted an idealized view of Russian life, from the lyricism of a tsarist ball to the throbbing tempo of rapid industrialization. A celebration of cosmonaut Yury Gagarin’s 1961 space flight was followed by a parade of vintage carsand brightly clad stiliagi (hipsters) dancing in the street.

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Consumerism, USSR, Soviet Everyday Life, Fashion, Living Standards


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Henry, L. A. (2017). Timo Vihavainen and Elena Bogdanova, eds. Communism and Consumerism: The Soviet Alternative to the Affluent Society. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2015. Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research, 9(1), 113–118. Retrieved from https://www.soclabo.org/index.php/laboratorium/article/view/687
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017)
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Book Reviews
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Laura A. Henry, Department of Government, Bowdoin College

Associate Professor, Department of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
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