Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: Elemental Materialism in Soviet Culture and Society 1
7. 1. Techno-Utopian Visions of Soviet Intellectuals after Stalin 19
8. 2. Time in 1:72 Scale: The Plastic Historicity of Soviet Models 41
9. 3. History in Wood: The Search for Historical Authenticity in North Russia 61
10. 4. When Spaces of Transit Fail Their Designers: Social Antagonisms of Soviet Stairwells and Streets 90
11. 5. The Men of Steel: Repairing and Empowering Soviet Bodies with Iron 113
12. 6. Ordinary and Paranormal: The Soviet Television Set 142
13. Conclusions: Soviet Objects and Socialist Modernity 163
14. Notes 169
15. Selected Bibliography 201
16. Index 217