Socialist realism in the Soviet union

portrayal of Western European and North American businessmen

Dean Grimes Farrer

pp. 27-45

in: Studies in East European Thought 14, 1974.

Abstract

Success in Soviet trade negotiations depends to a great extent on the images that the Soviet negotiators form of their Western counterparts. These images, in turn, depend to a great extent on the images presented to such Soviet negotiators during their education, through various tales and stories.