Consumption and social change in a post-Soviet middle class / Jennifer Patico.

Author/creator Patico, Jennifer
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Middle class--Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg. --Economic conditions.
Professional employees--Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg. --Economic conditions.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects. --Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg.
Social change--Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg.
Cost and standard of living--Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Economic conditions.
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Social conditions.

Contents The price of bananas and the value of postsocialist subjects -- Finding-and losing-one's place in the middle -- Teachers and bandits : logics of value at school and beyond -- Consumer dilemmas and the state of Russian civilization -- Femininity and the work and leisure of consumption -- "Signs of attention" : gifts and the recognition of social worlds -- A more "normal" future?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
LCCN 2008017709
ISBN9780804700696 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0804700699 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804761697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0804761698 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HT690 .R9 P38 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold