Notes from Russia
- Bib ID:
- 4316115
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Plutser-Sarno, Alexei
- Description:
- England : Fuel Publishing, 2007
- ISBN:
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- 9780955006173
- 0955006171
- Summary:
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"Notes from Russia is an attempt to paint a socio-psychological portrait of Russia based on anonymous street texts. Handwritten advertisements (ads), love letters, popular announcements, obscene scrawls, self-made warning signs, and even pieces of cardboard on string worn by beggars - all help build a unique image of the country. All of these street messages are completely authentic, and are published here for the first time. These messages are social acts that originate in the sphere of so-called grey, informal social groupings and 'illegal' markets, which are particularly interesting in Russia. The very existence of these markets is a result of the insurmountable bureaucratic obstacles that these messages also clearly reflect."--Book jacket.
- Full contents:
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- Portrait of the Russian street
- From announcements to leaflets
- Employees and wages
- Public toilet scribblers
- Buying, selling, bartering
- Lost and found
- Chaos and collapse
- Threats and prohibitions
- Notices about advertistments
- Danger and paranoia
- Political statements
- Times and customs
- Love letters
- Autographs and prayers
- Entrance hall: a house of prayer or a house of sin?
- Living gods and horned demons
- Punks, rockers, and artists
- Chain letters.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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