Making Martyrs : : The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin / / Yuliya Minkova.

In Making Martyrs: The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin, Yuliya Minkova examines the language of canonization and vilification in Soviet and post-Soviet media, official literature, and popular culture. She argues that early Soviet narratives constructed stories of nation...

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Superior document:Contemporary Western Rusistika
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Place / Publishing House:Brookline, MA : : Academic Studies Press,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Sovremennai︠a︡ zapadnai︠a︡ rusistika.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter(pp. i-iv)
  • Table of Contents(pp. v-vi)
  • Acknowledgments(pp. vii-viii)
  • Introduction(pp. 1-20)
  • Chapter One Werewolves, Vampires, and the "Sacred Wo/men" of Soviet Discourse in Pravda and beyond in the 1930s and 1940s(pp. 21-36)
  • Chapter Two Drawing Borders in the Sky: Pirates and Damsels in Distress of Aerial Hijackings in Soviet Press, Literature, and Film(pp. 37-62)
  • Chapter Three Our Man in Chile, or Victor Jara's Posthumous Life in Soviet Media and Popular Culture(pp. 63-82)
  • Chapter Four Fathers, Sons, and the Imperial Spirit: The Wartime Homo Sacer's Competitive Victimhood(pp. 83-140)
  • Chapter Five Robber Baron or Dissident Intellectual: The Businessman Hero at the Crossroads of History(pp. 141-164)
  • Conclusion(pp. 165-174)
  • Notes(pp. 175-210)
  • Bibliography(pp. 211-228)
  • Index(pp. 229-237)
  • Back Matter(pp. 238-238).