Plebeian Modernity - Social Practices, Illegality, and the Urban Poor in Russia, 1906-1916

Deciphers typical social practices as a hidden language of communication in urban plebeian society

List of contents

Introduction: The Subalterns Speak Out; Gerasim and the Infamous
Writing Degree Zero, and Beyond: Reading Social Practices between the Lines
The Middle Volga City as the Middle Ground: Urban Plebeian Society
The Patriarchal Metropolis: Trespassing Social Barriers in Late Imperial Vilna
"We Only Kill Each Other": The Anthropology of Deadly Violence and Contested Intergroup Boundaries
The Transformative Social Experience of Illegality
Epilogue: Gerasim in Power; A Plebeian Modernity
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Ilya Gerasimov

Summary

Deciphers typical social practices as a hidden language of communication in urban plebeian society

Product details

• Authors: Ileiia Gerasimov, Ilya Gerasimov, Ilya (Author) Gerasimov
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781580469050
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-905-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 159 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Illustrations: 5 b/w illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and; Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous