Red Stars

by David MacFadyen

David MacFadyen delves into influential and widely disseminated songs that had a profound social significance in the Soviet Union. He discusses each singer's life, showing what it was that made them famous while placing the differences in their careers and fame in the context of Soviet culture as a whole. MacFadyen's multi-layered study considers national identity, gender, and the development of individual celebrity in a socialist state. He also looks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773521062
• ISBN13: 9780773521063
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"