{"product_id":"alcohol-soviet-anti-alcohol-posters-hardcover","title":"Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDamon Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen Sorrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexei Plutser-Sarno\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoviet propaganda against the demon drink: the latest in Fuel's Russian pop culture series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed authors of the \u003ci\u003eRussian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedias\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoviet Space Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eAlcohol\u003c\/i\u003e, a glorious and exhaustive collection of previously unpublished Soviet anti-alcohol posters. The book includes examples from the 1960s through to the 1980s, but focuses on posters produced during Mikhail Gorbachev's campaign initiated in 1985. These posters attempted to sober up Soviet citizens by forcing them to confront the issues associated with excessive alcohol consumption. This government-led urgency allowed the poster designers to present the anti-alcohol message in the most graphic terms: they depicted drunks literally trapped inside the bottle or being strangled by \"the green snake.\" Their protagonists are paralytic freeloaders and shirkers who always neglect their families, drive under the influence, produce substandard work, are smashed when pregnant and present a constant danger to fellow citizens. A two-part essay by renowned cultural historian Alexei Plutser-Sarno attempts to explain, from a Russian perspective, the reasons behind this phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772779495712,"sku":"9780993191152","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c2f787dca3aac0a9b7a3e3d6f83f3b6.webp?v=1780414054","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alcohol-soviet-anti-alcohol-posters-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}