Dropping out of Socialism: The Creation of Alternative Spheres in the Soviet Bloc - Paperback

by Juliane Fürst (Editor), Josie McLellan (Editor), Maria Alina Asavei (Contribution by)

This multidisciplinary collection of essays examines alternative subcultures in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during the era of late socialism. The contributors analyze how these marginal communities rejected mainstream socialist culture, sought ideological and physical space from the state, and contributed to the demise of the USSR.

Author Biography

Juliane Fürst is senior lecturer in twentieth-century history at the University of Bristol. Josie McLellan is reader in modern European history at the University of Bristol.