Todd H. Nelson

Bringing Stalin Back In

Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin's Russia

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the favorable portrayal of Stalin in Russia today. Putin and he political elite have co-opted the processes of discourse formulation in Russian society, using these to advance positive perceptions of Stalin, while exercising control over the arenas in which any sort of alternative narratives on Stalinism might emerge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781498591522
• ISBN-10: 1498591523
• Artikelnr.: 57166888

Autorenporträt

Todd H. Nelson is assistant professor at Cleveland State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Long Shadow of Stalin Chapter 2: Russian 'Soft
Memory' Part I: Crafting the Stalinist Narrative in Russian
Society-at-Large Chapter 3: Russian 'Soft Memory' Part II: The Education
Sphere and the Presentation of Stalinism Chapter 4: 'Hard' Memory:
Comparing Memorialization of the Great Patriotic War and the Stalinist
Repressions Chapter 5: Bringing It All Together: Complex Co-Optation, Civil
Society, and Access to Discourse on the Soviet Period Chapter 6:
Conclusion: Ghosts of the Past in the Russian Present