Notes from Underground - Rock Music Counterculture in Russia

Notes From Underground offers the first Western sociological study of rock music and counterculture in Russian society. Based on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and life-history analysis, the author provides a detailed ethnographic examination of the origins and local meanings of rock music and the counter cultural way of life of rock musicians in St. Petersburg during the socialist period of Russian history.

About the author

Thomas Cushman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College and a Fellow at the Harvard Russian Research Center.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Cushman
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.1995
• EAN: 9780791425442
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-2544-2
• No. of pages: 427
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: Suny Series, Sociology of Cult; Suny the Sociology of Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)