The body Soviet : propaganda, hygiene, and the revolutionary state /
"In 1918 the People's Commissariat of Public Health began a quest to protect the health of all Soviet citizens, but health became more than a political platform or a tactical decision. The Soviets defined and categorized the world by interpreting political orthodoxy and citizenship in term...
| Основен автор: | Starks, Tricia, 1969- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=296535 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Body Soviet. |
| Резюме: |
"In 1918 the People's Commissariat of Public Health began a quest to protect the health of all Soviet citizens, but health became more than a political platform or a tactical decision. The Soviets defined and categorized the world by interpreting political orthodoxy and citizenship in terms of hygiene. The assumed political, social, and cultural benefits of a regulated, healthy lifestyle informed the construction of Soviet institutions and identity. Cleanliness developed into a political statement that extended from domestic maintenance to leisure choices and revealed gender, ethnic, and class prejudices. Dirt denoted the past and poor politics; health and cleanliness signified mental acuity, political orthodoxy, and modernity." "Health, though essential to the revolutionary vision and crucial to Soviet plans for utopia, has been neglected by traditional histories caught up in Cold War debates. The Body Soviet recovers this significant aspect of Soviet thought by providing a cross-disciplinary, comparative history of Soviet health programs that draws upon rich sources of health care propaganda, including posters, plays, museum displays, films, and mock trials. The analysis of propaganda makes The Body Soviet more than an institutional history; it is also an insightful critique of the ideologies of the body fabricated by health organizations."--Jacket. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1999. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780299229634 0299229637 0299229602 9780299229603 0299229645 9780299229641 1282445782 9781282445789 |