Tear Off the Masks!: Identity and Imposture in Twentieth-Century Russia by Sheil

Description: Tear Off the Masks! by Sheila Fitzpatrick Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. This book is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Publisher Description When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life--both the codified rules concerning the social and legal classifications of citizens and the unwritten rules about how individuals present themselves to others. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. Tear Off the Masks! is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Sheila Fitzpatrick here brings together in a single volume years of distinguished work on how individuals literally constructed their autobiographies, defended them under challenge, attempted to edit the "file-selves" created by bureaucratic identity documentation, and denounced others for "masking" their true social identities. Marxist class-identity labels--"worker," "peasant," "intelligentsia," "bourgeois"--were of crucial importance to the Soviet state in the 1920s and 1930s, but it turned out that the determination of a persons class was much more complicated than anyone expected.This in turn left considerable scope for individual creativity and manipulation.Outright imposters, both criminal and political, also make their appearance in this book. The final chapter describes how, after decades of struggle to construct good Soviet socialist personae, Russians had to struggle to make themselves fit for the new, post-Soviet world in the 1990s--by "de-Sovietizing" themselves. Engaging in style and replete with colorful detail and characters drawn from a wealth of sources, Tear Off the Masks! offers unique insight into the elusive forms of self-presentation, masking, and unmasking that made up Soviet citizenship and continue to resonate in the post-Soviet world. Author Biography Sheila Fitzpatrick is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago and coeditor of The Journal of Modern History. Her books include Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times; Stalins Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village after Collectivization; Accusatory Practices: Denunciation in Modern European History, 1789-1989, coedited with Robert Gellately; and In the Shadow of Revolution: Life Stories of Russian Women from 1917 to the Second World War (Princeton), coedited with Yuri Slezkine. Details ISBN 0691122458 ISBN-13 9780691122458 Title Tear Off the Masks! Author Sheila Fitzpatrick Format Paperback Year 2005 Pages 352 Publisher Princeton University Press GE_Item_ID:161690613; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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