Consumption and social change in a post-Soviet middle class

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

Author/creator	Patico, Jennifer
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2008.
Description	xvii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
LCCN	2008017709
ISBN	9780804700696 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0804700699 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780804761697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0804761698 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HT690 .R9 P38 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold