Making Martyrs - The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin

Examines the ideology of sacrifice in Soviet and post-Soviet culture, analyzing a range of fictional and real-life figures who became part of a pantheon of "heroes" primarily because of their victimhood.

List of contents

Introduction
Werewolves, Vampires, and the "Sacred Wo/men" of Soviet Discourse in Pravda and beyond in the 1930s and 1940s
Drawing Borders in the Sky: Pirates and Damsels in Distress of Aerial Hijackings in Soviet Press, Literature, and Film
Our Man in Chile, or Victor Jara's Posthumous Life in Soviet Media and Popular Culture
Fathers, Sons, and the Imperial Spirit: The Wartime Homo Sacer's Competitive Victimhood
Robber Baron or Dissident Intellectual: The Businessman Hero at the Crossroads of History
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Yuliya Minkova

Summary

Examines the ideology of sacrifice in Soviet and post-Soviet culture, analyzing a range of fictional and real-life figures who became part of a pantheon of "heroes" primarily because of their victimhood.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Yuliya (Author) Minkova, Yuliya Minkova, Yuliya (Author) Minkova
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781580469142
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-914-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 531 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and; Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe; Rochester Studies in East and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Englisch, Osteuropa, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), UdSSR, Sowjetunion