Performing Nationalism in Russia

Following Homi Bhabha's prompt on reading nationalism as a set of discursive and performative practices, this Element focuses on the cultural geography of today's Russia and examines a range of performative strategies used by the Russian state to uphold its nationalist project. Simultaneously, it maps artistic strategies of resistance to the ideology of nationalism as employed by both state-funded and independent theatre companies, via new dramaturgies, performance practices and strategies of storytelling.

List of contents

1. Introduction what is Russian nationalism?; 2. Performing institutional nationalism; 3. An infant terrible of Russian nationalism; 4. Myth-making and myth-breaking of nationalism; 5. Staging the other - contesting nationalism; 6. Conclusion from nationalism to totalitarianism; References.

Summary

This Element focuses on the cultural geography of today's Russia and examines a range of performative strategies used by the Russian state to uphold its nationalist project. It also maps artistic strategies of resistance to the ideology of nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Yana Meerzon, Yana (University of Ottawa) Meerzon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009451963
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0945196-3
• No. of pages: 88
• Series: Elements in Theatre, Performance and the Political
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Nationalism, DRAMA / European / General, Theatre Studies, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Pressure groups & lobbying