Ilya GERASIMOV, Plebeian Modernity. Social practices, Illegality, and the Urban Poor in Russia, 1906‑1916

Abstract

Deciphers typical social practices as a hidden language of communication in urban plebeian society. Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Editorial Conventions; Introduction. The Subalterns Speak Out: Gerasim and the Infamous; 1 Writing Degree Zero, and Beyond: Reading Social Practices between the Lines; 2 The Middle Volga City as the Middle Ground: Urban Plebeian Society; 3 The Patriarchal Metropolis: Trespassing Social Barriers in Late Imperial Vilna; 4 â#x80;#x9C;We Only Kill Each Otherâ#x80;#x9D;: The Anthropology of Deadly Violence and Contested Intergroup Boundaries; 5 The Transformative Social Experience of Illegality; Epilogue. Gerasim in Power: A Plebeian Modernity; Notes.