Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation During Perestroika Book

An interesting, but dense and very scholarly read. Not likely to be sought out by too many people who aren't assigned it for class, but if you're interested in anthropology and post-Soviet studies and haven't read it, I would recommend doing so. I read it shortly after undergrad, and the ideas expressed, the concept (new to me then) of analyzing everyday life and talk, and my somewhat romantic view of the author's bravery at going to perestroika-era Russia for this kind of fieldwork (as I was in Russia at the time, not-very-bravely slouching along as a halfhearted English teacher) made a big impression on me, even as the academic framework of the book largely went over my head.