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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerasimov, Ilʹi͡a (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
Series:Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; v. 19.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table 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.