Plots against Russia : : Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism / / Eliot Borenstein.
In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultur...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Russia as an Imaginary Country
- 1. Conspiracy and Paranoia: The Psychopathology of Everyday Speech
- 2. Ruining Russia: Conspiracy, Apocalypse, and Melodrama
- 3. Lost Horizons: Russophobia, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Identity
- 4. One Hundred Years of Sodom: Dystopian Liberalism and the Fear of a Queer Planet
- 5. The Talking Dead: Articulating the Zombified Subject under Putin
- 6. Words of Warcraft: Manufacturing Dissent in Russia and Ukraine
- Conclusion: Making Russia Great Again
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index