Closer to the Masses: Stalinist Culture, Social Revolution, and Soviet Newspapers (Russian Research Center Studies) 0674013190, 9780674013193
In this provocative book, Matthew Lenoe traces the origins of Stalinist mass culture to newspaper journalism in the late
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Table of contents :
Contents
......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
I. Soviet Newspapers in the 1920s......Page 20
1. Agitation, Propaganda, and the NEP Mass Enlightenment Project......Page 22
2. Newspaper Distribution and the Emergence of Soviet Information Rationing......Page 57
3. Reader Response and Its Impact on the Press......Page 81
II. The Creation of Mass Journalism and Socialist Realism......Page 112
4. The Creation of Mass Journalism......Page 114
5. Mass Journalists, “Cultural Revolution,” and the Retargeting of Soviet Newspapers......Page 156
6. The Central Committee and Self-Criticism, 1928–1929......Page 193
7. Mass Journalism, “Soviet Sensations,” and Socialist Realism......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 256
Appendix: Notes to Tables......Page 268
Archival Sources......Page 272
Notes......Page 274
Acknowledgments......Page 314
Index......Page 318
Contents
......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
I. Soviet Newspapers in the 1920s......Page 20
1. Agitation, Propaganda, and the NEP Mass Enlightenment Project......Page 22
2. Newspaper Distribution and the Emergence of Soviet Information Rationing......Page 57
3. Reader Response and Its Impact on the Press......Page 81
II. The Creation of Mass Journalism and Socialist Realism......Page 112
4. The Creation of Mass Journalism......Page 114
5. Mass Journalists, “Cultural Revolution,” and the Retargeting of Soviet Newspapers......Page 156
6. The Central Committee and Self-Criticism, 1928–1929......Page 193
7. Mass Journalism, “Soviet Sensations,” and Socialist Realism......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 256
Appendix: Notes to Tables......Page 268
Archival Sources......Page 272
Notes......Page 274
Acknowledgments......Page 314
Index......Page 318
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