Awards

• Short-listed for AATSEEL Best Book in Literary Studies 2024 (United States)
• Winner of AATSEEL Best Book in Literary Studies 2025 (United States)

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9781501766329

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In Recording Russia, Gabriella Safran tells a story about tools that made written records of oral speech, and about the listeners who used them.

In Recording Russia, Gabriella Safran tells a story about tools that made written records of oral speech, and about the listeners who used them. Recording Russia is original in several respects. * Slavonic & East European Review *

In Recording Russia, Gabriella Safran tells a story about tools that made written records of oral speech, and about the listeners who used them. Recording Russia is original in several respects. (Slavonic & East European Review) Safran's excellent research and analyses on topics ranging from the significance of ringing bells, the impact of affordable paper, and the act of listening as performance art result in a fascinating look at how media, technology, and human imagination worked together to move the educated elites and the common people of 19th-century Russia toward greater understanding of each other. The book helps to reframe and clarify understanding of social change in the period (Choice)

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Gabriella Safran, the Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies, teaches in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Stanford University. Her books include The Worlds of S. An-sky, Wandering Soul and The Whole World in a Book.

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