Robert A. Saunders

Popular Geopolitics and Nation Branding in the Post-Soviet Realm

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Produktbeschreibung

This seminal book explores the complex relationship between popular geopolitics and nation branding among the Newly Independent States of Eurasia, and their combined role in shaping contemporary national image and statecraft within and beyond the region. It provides critical perspectives on international relations, nationalism,

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Place, Space and Politics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 232mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780367668235
• ISBN-10: 0367668238
• Artikelnr.: 60006319

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Saunders is Professor in the Department of History, Politics, and Geography at Farmingdale State College, a campus of the State University of New York, where he teaches courses on Russia, Central Asia, and world religions. His research interests include post-totalitarian states, geopolitics, popular culture, and the mass-mediation of national identity.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: [Not] Made in the USSR
1. Of Idols and Idylls: The Question of National Image
2. The Supermarket of Nations: Competitive Identity and the Brand State
3. The Mind's Eye: Popular Culture, Geographical Imagination, and
International Relations
4. A Brand New Eurasia: Places, Spaces, and Peoples of the Post-Soviet
Realm
5. The Post-Soviet Bogeyman: A Guide to the Dangerous Personae of the
Former USSR
6. Laughable Nations: Parodying the Post-Soviet Republics
7. Mapping Trashcanistan: The Post-Soviet Badlands in Popular Culture, News
Media, and Academe
8. Branded! Marketing the New Nations of Eurasia to the (Western) World
9. Conclusion: Post-Soviet Eurasia: The Once-and-Future Geopolitical
Imaginary