Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932

by Lisa A. Kirschenbaum

Book Overview

Small Comrades is a fascinating examination of Soviet conceptions of childhood and the resulting policies directed toward children. Working on the assumption that cultural representations and self-representations are not entirely separable, this book probes how the Soviet regime's representations structured teachers' observations of their pupils and often adults' recollections of their childhood. The book draws on work that has been done on Soviet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815339453
• ISBN13: 9780815339458
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"