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Informationen zum Autor Karen Petrone is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. Klappentext Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies-Alexander Rabinowitch and William G. Rosenberg, editorsContentsInterpreting Soviet CelebrationsPart 1: Soviet Popular Culture and Mass MobilizationParading the Nation: Demonstrations and the Construction of Soviet IdentitiesImagining the Motherland: The Celebration of Soviet Aviation and Polar ExploitsFir Trees and Carnivals: The Celebration of Soviet New Year's DayPart 2: The Intelligentsia and Soviet EnlightenmentA Double-edged Discourse on Freedom: The Pushkin Centennial of 1937Anniversary of Turmoil: The Twentieth Anniversary of the October RevolutionCelebrating Civic Participation: The Stalin Constitution and Elections as Rituals of DemocracyCelebrations and Power Zusammenfassung Offers an investigation of the official and unofficial meanings of Stalinist celebrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Interpreting Soviet Celebrations Part 1: Soviet Popular Culture and Mass Mobilization 2. Parading the Nation: Demonstrations and the Construction of Soviet Identities 3. Imagining the Motherland: The Celebration of Soviet Aviation and Polar Exploits 4. Fir Trees and Carnivals: The Celebration of Soviet New Year's Day Part 2: The Intelligentsia and Soviet Enlightenment 5. A Double-edged Discourse on Freedom: The Pushkin Centennial of 1937 6. Anniversary of Turmoil: The Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution 7. Celebrating Civic Participation: The Stalin Constitution and Elections as Rituals of Democracy 8. Celebrations and Power Notes Bibliography Index
