Notes from Underground: Rock Music Counterculture in Russia

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. A Recovery of the Senses: Toward a Critical-Interpretive Sociology of Russian Culture
• 2. Stories from Underground: The Origins of St.Petersburg Rock Music Counterculture
• 3. Musical Identity and Authenticity: The Local Meanings of Rock Music in St. Petersburg
• 4. At Play in the Fields of the Soviets: Individual and Collective Identity in the St. Petersburg Rock Music Community
• 5. Notes from Underground: Glasnost, Perestroika, and the St. Petersburg Rock Music Community
• 6. The Tusovka Is Over: The Acceleration of Capitalism and the St. Petersburg Rock Music Counterculture
• 7. Conclusion: Capitalism, Cultural Freedom, and Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia
• Appendix 1. Researching Russian Counterculture: Some Reflections on Method
• Appendix 2. The Structure and the Intonation of Rock Songs and Songs by VIAs
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index