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Russia at Play: Leisure Activities at the End of the Tsarist Era,Used
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An athlete becomes a movie star; a waiter rises to manage a chain of nightclubs; a movie scenarist takes to writing restaurant reviews. Intrepid women hunt bears, drive in automobile races, and fly, first in balloons and then in airplanes. Sensational crimes jump from city streets onto the screen almost before the pistols have had a chance to cool. Paris in the Twenties? Fitzgerald's New York? Early Hollywood? No, tsarist Russia in the last decades before the Revolution.In Russia at Play, Louise McReynolds recreates a vibrant, rapidly changing culture in rich detail. Her account encompasses the 'legitimate' stage, vaudeville, nightclubs, restaurants, sports, tourism, and the silent movie industry. McReynolds reveals a pluralist and dynamic society, and shows how the new icons of mass culture affected the subsequent gendering of identities.The rapid industrialization and urbanization of the late tsarist period spawned dramatic social changesan urban middle class and a voracious consumer culture demanded new forms of entertainment. The result was the rapid incursion of commercial values into the arts and the athletic field and unprecedented degrees of social interaction in the new nightclubs, vaudeville houses, and cheap movie houses. Traditional rules of social conduct shifted to greater selffulfillment and selfexpression, values associated with the individualism and consumerism of liberal capitalism.Leisuretime activities, McReynolds finds, allowed Russians who partook of them to recreate themselves, to develop a modern identity that allowed for different senses of the self depending on the circumstances. The society that spawned these impulses would disappear in Russia for decades under the combined blows of revolution, civil war, and collectivization, but questions of personal identity are again high on the agenda as Russia makes the transition from a collectivist society to one in which the dominant ethos remains undefined.
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- Q: What is the main focus of 'Russia at Play'? A: 'Russia at Play' explores leisure activities in Russia during the last decades of the Tsarist era, highlighting changing social dynamics and cultural shifts.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Russia at Play' is Louise McReynolds.
- Q: What topics are covered in this book? A: The book covers a variety of topics including vaudeville, nightclubs, sports, tourism, and the silent movie industry in late Tsarist Russia.
- Q: How many pages does 'Russia at Play' have? A: 'Russia at Play' contains 320 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: 'Russia at Play' is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: When was 'Russia at Play' published? A: 'Russia at Play' was published on November 25, 2002.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: 'Russia at Play' is listed as a used book in good condition.
- Q: Is there any specific material used for the book? A: The material for the book is not specified, but it is a hardcover edition.
- Q: What are some key themes in 'Russia at Play'? A: Key themes include the impact of industrialization, urbanization, and the emergence of a consumer culture on personal identities in Russia.
- Q: Does the book provide insights into gender roles during the Tsarist era? A: Yes, 'Russia at Play' examines how mass culture influenced the gendering of identities in early 20th century Russia.