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Zusatztext This is an exemplary work of social science that elegantly and effortlessly marries theory to extensive empirical research. Thomas Sherlock shows, with reference to a wealth of evidence, just how official discourse and myths sustained the Soviet order, just how their delegitimation hastened the USSR's end, and just how their partial revival have helped consolidate Vladimir Putin's rule. Sherlock challenges institutionalist and rational choice orthodoxies and shows constructivists how to do constructivism right. Informationen zum Autor Paul Julian Smith is the Professor of Spanish, University of Cambridge, and author of Contemporary Spanish Culture: TV, Fashion, Art and Film (2003). He is a regular contributor to Sight and Sound. Klappentext Amores Perros (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture! revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas! pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Zusammenfassung Amores Perros (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture! revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas! pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Inhaltsverzeichnis Myth and History in Transitions From Nondemocratic Rule.- Authorizing Reform By Uncovering the Past.- Leninist Mythology and Reform.- Assessing the Genesis of Stalinism.- Societal Conquest and the Decay of the Center.- Myth, History, and Separatism in the Periphery.- History and Myth in the Post-Soviet Space.
