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This book is a study of a Soviet cultural phenomenon of the 1950s through the 1980s known as guitar poetry—songs accompanied by guitar and considered poetry in much the same way as those of, for example, Bob Dylan. Platonov’s is the most comprehensive book in English to date to analyze guitar poetry, which has rarely received scholarly attention outside of Russia. Going well beyond the conventional, text-centered view of guitar poetry as a form of po­litical or artistic dissent, largely a function of the Cold War climate in which it began, Platonov argues for a more complex understanding of guitar poetry as a means of self-invention and community formation. Although grounded in literary studies, the book effectively brings historical, anthropological, and musicological perspectives to bear on an understudied phenomenon of the post-Stalin period.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Author's Note
  2. p. xi
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. PART 1 Contexts
  1. Chapter One
  2. pp. 15-37
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  1. Chapter Two
  2. pp. 38-54
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  1. PART II Guitar Poetry's Selves and Communities
  1. Chapter Three
  2. pp. 57-76
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  1. Chapter Four
  2. pp. 77-98
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  1. PART III Lyrical Marginalities and Beyond
  1. Chapter Five
  2. pp. 101-127
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  1. Chapter Six
  2. pp. 128-153
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  1. Chapter Seven
  2. pp. 154-180
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 181-186
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 187-236
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 237-260
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  1. Index
  2. p. 261
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 288
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