Growing Out of Communism

Russian Literature for Children and Teens, 1991–2017

By (author) Andrea Lanoux By (author) Kelly Herold By (author) Olga Bukhina

Book cover: Growing Out of Communism

Extent: 280 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Slavic Studies

Series: Russian History and Culture

Series volume number: 23

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2021)

ISBN: 9783506791849

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $144.00

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Growing Out of Communism explores the rise of a new body of literature for children and teens following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the subsequent transformation of the publishing industry. Lanoux, Herold, and Bukhina first consider the Soviet foundations of the new literature, then chart the influx of translated literature into Russia in the 1990s. In tracing the development of new literature that reflects the lived experiences of contemporary children and teens, the book examines changes to literary institutions, dominant genres, and archetypal heroes. Also discussed are the informal networks and online reader responses that reflect the views of child and teen readers.

  • By (author) Andrea Lanoux
  • By (author) Kelly Herold
  • By (author) Olga Bukhina