The Things of Life by Alexey Golubev HARDBACK 9781501752889

The Things of Life\nby Alexey Golubev\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alexey Golubev\nTitle: The Things of Life\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Urban communities\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781501752889\nISBN-10: 150175288X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe Things of Life is a social and cultural history of material objects and spaces during the late socialist era. It traces the biographies of Soviet things, examining how the material world of the late Soviet period influenced Soviet people''s gender roles, habitual choices, social trajectories, and imaginary aspirations. Instead of seeing political structures and discursive frameworks as the only mechanisms for shaping Soviet citizens, Alexey Golubev explores how Soviet peopl.