![]() ![]() Thus, Soviet modernity evolved as a complex and multivalent ideological device. As Tsipursky shows, however, Western culture did infiltrate these activities, particularly at local levels, where participants and organizers deceptively cloaked their offerings to appeal to their own audiences. In effect, socialist fun became very serious business. The Soviet way of life was dutifully presented and perceived as the most progressive and advanced, in an attempt to stave off Western influences. ![]() Here sports, dance, film, theater, music, lectures, and political meetings became vehicles to disseminate a socialist version of modernity. The primary local venues for Soviet culture were the tens of thousands of klubs where young people found entertainment, leisure, social life, and romance. ![]() ![]() In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. ![]()
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