Russian History through the Senses From 1700 to the Present

by Romaniello, Matthew P.; Starks, Tricia

• ISBN13: 9781474263122
• ISBN10: 1474263127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-10-20
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Bringing together an impressive cast of well-respected scholars in the field of modern Russian studies, Russian History through the Senses investigates life in Russia from 1700 to the present day via the senses. It examines past experiences of taste, touch, smell, sight and sound to capture a vivid impression of what it was to have lived in the Russian world, so uniquely placed as it is between East and West, during the last three hundred years.

The book discusses the significance of sensory history in relation to modern Russia and covers a range of exciting case studies, rich with primary source material, that provide a stimulating way of understanding modern Russia at a visceral level.

Russian History through the Senses is a novel text that is of great value to scholars and students interested in modern Russian studies.

Author Biography

Matthew P. Romaniello is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. He is the author of The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552-1671 (2012), and the co-editor of three volumes, including Tobacco in Russian History and Culture from the Seventeenth Century to the Present (2009) with Tricia Starks.

Tricia Starks is Associate Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, USA. She is the author of The Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene and the Revolutionary State (2008) and co-editor, with Matthew P. Romaniello, ofTobacco in Russian History and Culture from the Seventeenth Century to the Present (2009).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Sensory in Russian and Soviet History - Alexander M. Martin, University of Notre Dame, USA
Part I - Imperial Russia
1. Humoral Bodies in a Cold Climate - Matthew P. Romaniello, University of Hawaii, USA
2. Fermentation, Taste and Identity - Alison K. Smith, University of Toronto, Canada
3. Market Pleasures and Modernity in St. Petersburg - Abby Schrader, Franklin and Marshall College, USA
4. The Taste of Tobacco and the Construction of Class - Tricia Starks, University of Arkansas, USA
Part II - Revolutionary Russia
5. Picturing Colonial Central Eurasia - Heather S. Sonntag, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
6. The Taste of Kumyshka and the Debate over Udmurt Culture - Aaron Retish, Wayne State University, USA
7. The Sounds, Smells and Textures of Russian Wartime Nursing - Laurie Stoff, Arizona State University, USA
Part III - Soviet Russia
8. Engineering Tastes: Food and the Senses - Anton Masterovoy, City College of New York, USA
9. Sensing Danger: The Red Army during World War Two - Steven G. Jug, Baylor University, USA
10. Deafness and the Politics of Hearing in the Post-War Era - Claire Shaw, University of Bristol, UK
Part IV - Reconstructing Russia
11. Stalinism's Sights and Smells in the Films of Aleksei German, Sr. - Tim Harte, Bryn Mawr College, USA
12. The Sensory Experience of Martyrdom and Soviet Collective Memory - Adrienne Harris, Baylor University, USA
Bibliography
Index