The Thaw's Provincial Margins
Place, Community and Canon in Pages from Tarusa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8003851 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Polly Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 792-815 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/slr.2022.6 |
| OpenAlex | W3196945123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article offers a comprehensive examination of the editing, publication, reception, and after-effects of the almanac Pages from Tarusa (1961), a major, but little-analyzed, Soviet publication of the Thaw. Drawing on a wide range of memoir and local archive material, it argues that Pages was crucially shaped by Tarusa's position astride dacha territory and the “101st kilometer”, the borders of the metropolitan zone from which Gulag and exile returnees were banned. Pages’ diverse and flexible cohort, and its editing practices, were shaped by the migration, residency, and socializing practices associated with both these territories. The almanac's concern with cultural and social (re-)inclusion and innovation was visible both in its content (especially its overlooked documentary texts) and in the “emotional style” of its cohort and their activities in Tarusa. The almanac's production, as well as its content, epitomized key elements of Thaw sensibility and sociability that had hitherto largely been confined to private kompanii , and more inchoate. In concluding, the article outlines the subsequent development of these Thaw agendas and behaviors in the “Tarusa fraternity” and in Tarusa itself, including the emergence of samizdat and dissidence, as well as the “provincialization” of the local Soviet literary scene
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Gulag · Literature · Media studies · Memoir · Metropolitan area · Sensibility · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Soviet and Russian History
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |