Graduation Year
2020
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Russian & East European Studies
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Larissa Rudova
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2020 Eli A Loeb
Abstract
In the 1990s, packs of tracksuit-clad youth from the suburbs known as gopniki descended on Russia’s cities. These problematic youth, embodying a unique strain of violent masculinity, rapidly rose in prominence during a time of national crisis. The gopniki faded just as quickly when Russia entered the new millennium. The influence of gopnik worldview did not diminish with the movement, however, and gopniki continue to influence Russian culture. This study of primary Russian source material examines the theoretical, ideological, and historical origins of this under-researched group, and explains their lasting influence on Russians in a rapidly changing world.
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Loeb, Eli, "Gopniki: Peripheral Masculinity in Post-Soviet Russia" (2020). Pomona Senior Theses. 238.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/238
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