The Resource To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of western culture, Eleonory Gilburd
To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of western culture, Eleonory Gilburd
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- Summary
- The Soviet Union was a notoriously closed society until Stalin's death in 1953. Then, in the mid-1950s, a torrent of Western novels, films, and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes, acquiring heightened emotional significance. To See Paris and Die is a history of this momentous opening to the West. At the heart of this story is a process of translation, in which Western figures took on Soviet roles: Pablo Picasso as a political rabble-rouser; Rockwell Kent as a quintessential American painter; Erich Maria Remarque and Ernest Hemingway as teachers of love and courage under fire; J. D. Salinger and Giuseppe De Santis as saviors from Soviet clichés. Imported novels challenged fundamental tenets of Soviet ethics, while modernist paintings tested deep-seated notions of culture. Western films were eroticized even before viewers took their seats. The drama of cultural exchange and translation encompassed discovery as well as loss. Eleonory Gilburd explores the pleasure, longing, humiliation, and anger that Soviet citizens felt as they found themselves in the midst of this cross-cultural encounter. The main protagonists of To See Paris and Die are small-town teachers daydreaming of faraway places, college students vicariously discovering a wider world, and factory engineers striving for self-improvement. They invested Western imports with political and personal significance, transforming foreign texts into intimate possessions. With the end of the Soviet Union, the Soviet West disappeared from the cultural map. Gilburd's history reveals how domesticated Western imports defined the last three decades of the Soviet Union, as well as its death and afterlife.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 458 pages
- Contents
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- Soviet internationalism
- The Tower of Babel
- Books about us
- Cinema without an accent
- Barbarians in the temple of art
- Books and borders
- Epilogue: Exit: How Soviets became westerners
- Isbn
- 9780674980716
- Label
- To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of western culture
- Title
- To see Paris and die
- Title remainder
- the Soviet lives of western culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Eleonory Gilburd
- Subject
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- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- Soviet Union
- Public opinion -- Soviet Union
- Public opinion, Soviet
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Civilization | Western influences
- Soviet Union -- Civilization | Western influences
- 1953-1985
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985
- Soviets (People) -- Attitudes
- Soviets (People) -- Attitudes
- Western countries
- Western countries -- Foreign public opinion, Soviet
- Western countries -- Foreign public opinion, Soviet
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985
- Civilization -- Western influences
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Soviet Union was a notoriously closed society until Stalin's death in 1953. Then, in the mid-1950s, a torrent of Western novels, films, and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes, acquiring heightened emotional significance. To See Paris and Die is a history of this momentous opening to the West. At the heart of this story is a process of translation, in which Western figures took on Soviet roles: Pablo Picasso as a political rabble-rouser; Rockwell Kent as a quintessential American painter; Erich Maria Remarque and Ernest Hemingway as teachers of love and courage under fire; J. D. Salinger and Giuseppe De Santis as saviors from Soviet clichés. Imported novels challenged fundamental tenets of Soviet ethics, while modernist paintings tested deep-seated notions of culture. Western films were eroticized even before viewers took their seats. The drama of cultural exchange and translation encompassed discovery as well as loss. Eleonory Gilburd explores the pleasure, longing, humiliation, and anger that Soviet citizens felt as they found themselves in the midst of this cross-cultural encounter. The main protagonists of To See Paris and Die are small-town teachers daydreaming of faraway places, college students vicariously discovering a wider world, and factory engineers striving for self-improvement. They invested Western imports with political and personal significance, transforming foreign texts into intimate possessions. With the end of the Soviet Union, the Soviet West disappeared from the cultural map. Gilburd's history reveals how domesticated Western imports defined the last three decades of the Soviet Union, as well as its death and afterlife.--
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- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilburd, Eleonory,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Western countries
- Public opinion
- Soviets (People)
- Civilization
- Public opinion
- Public opinion, Soviet
- Soviet Union
- Western countries
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- Label
- To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of western culture, Eleonory Gilburd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Soviet internationalism -- The Tower of Babel -- Books about us -- Cinema without an accent -- Barbarians in the temple of art -- Books and borders -- Epilogue: Exit: How Soviets became westerners
- Control code
- 1020312495
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 458 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674980716
- Lccn
- 2018009238
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028714745
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020312495
- Label
- To see Paris and die : the Soviet lives of western culture, Eleonory Gilburd
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Soviet internationalism -- The Tower of Babel -- Books about us -- Cinema without an accent -- Barbarians in the temple of art -- Books and borders -- Epilogue: Exit: How Soviets became westerners
- Control code
- 1020312495
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 458 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674980716
- Lccn
- 2018009238
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028714745
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020312495
Subject
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- Soviet Union
- Public opinion -- Soviet Union
- Public opinion, Soviet
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Civilization | Western influences
- Soviet Union -- Civilization | Western influences
- 1953-1985
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985
- Soviets (People) -- Attitudes
- Soviets (People) -- Attitudes
- Western countries
- Western countries -- Foreign public opinion, Soviet
- Western countries -- Foreign public opinion, Soviet
- Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985
- Civilization -- Western influences
- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
- History
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