{"product_id":"cultural-capitalism-literature-and-the-market-after-socialism-hardcover","title":"Cultural Capitalism: Literature and the Market After Socialism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBradley A. Gorski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultural Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eexplores Russian literature's eager embrace of capitalism in the post-Soviet era. \u003c\/b\u003eWhen the Soviet Union fell, books were suddenly bought and sold as commodities. Russia's first bestseller lists brought attention and prestige. Even literary prizes turned to the market for legitimacy. The rise of capitalism entirely transformed both the economics and the aesthetics of Russian literature. By reconstructing the market's influence on everything from late-Soviet paper shortages to the prose of neoimperialism, \u003ci\u003eCultural Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Russian literature's exuberant hopes for and deep disappointments in capitalism. Only a free market, it was hoped, could cure endemic book deficits and liberate literature from ideological constraints. But as the market came to dominate literature, it imposed an ideology of its own, one that directed literary development for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough archival research, original interviews, and provocative readings of literary texts, Bradley A. Gorski immerses the reader in both the economic and aesthetic worlds of post-Soviet Russian literature to reveal a cultural logic dominated by capitalism. The Russian 1990s and early 2000s saw markets introduced, adopted, and debated at an accelerated pace, all against the backdrop of a socialist past, staging the polemics between capitalism and culture in high drama and sharp relief. But the market forces at the center of the post-Soviet transition are fundamental to cultural trends worldwide. By revealing the complexities of Russia's story, \u003ci\u003eCultural Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e mounts a critique that cuts across national borders and provides a new way of seeing culture in the post-1989 era worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradley A. Gorski is Assistant Professor of Post-Soviet Literature and Culture at Georgetown University. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRed Migrations\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52635764850995,"sku":"9781501779794","price":113.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8v16ZDmrqa9781501779794.webp?v=1762264457","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/cultural-capitalism-literature-and-the-market-after-socialism-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}