Title The fate of the new man : representing and reconstructing masculinity in Soviet visual culture, 1945-1965 / Claire E. McCallum

Published Dekalb, IL : NIU Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents The living : representing military comradeship and male homosociality after the war -- The damaged : representing the wounded and disabled Soviet man -- The dead : representing and remembering the fallen Soviet soldier -- Homecomings : representing paternal return, reintegration, and replacement before 1953 -- Fatherhood after Father Stalin : representing paternity and domesticity in the Khrushchev era Summary Between 1945 and 1965, the catastrophe of war--and the social and political changes it brought in its wake--had a major impact on the construction of the Soviet masculine ideal. Drawing upon a wide range of visual material, The Fate of the New Man traces the dramatic changes in the representation of the Soviet man in the postwar period. It focuses on the two identities that came to dominate such depictions in the two decades after the end of the war: the Soviet man's previous role as a soldier and his new role in the home once the war was over. In this compelling study, Claire McCallum focuses on the reconceptualization of military heroism after the war, the representation of contentious subjects such as the war-damaged body and bereavement, and postwar changes to the depiction of the Soviet man as father. McCallum shows that it was the Second World War, rather than the process of de-Stalinization, that had the greatest impact on the masculine ideal, proving that even under the constraints of Socialist Realism, the physical and emotional devastation caused by the war was too great to go unacknowledged. The Fate of the New Man makes an important contribution to Soviet masculinity studies. McCallum's research also contributes to broader debates surrounding the impact of Stalin's death on Soviet society and on the nature of the subsequent Thaw, as well as to those concerning the relationship between Soviet culture and the realities of Soviet life. This fascinating study will appeal to scholars and students of Soviet history, masculinity studies, and visual culture studies Analysis men in Soviet Union, Soviet masculinity, Soviet military, Socialist Realism, Stalin's death, post-WWII Soviet Union Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 21, 2020) Subject Masculinity -- Soviet Union -- History Masculinity in popular culture. Men in art. Men in popular culture. Soldiers in art. Fathers in art. Art -- Soviet Union -- History Art Fathers in art Masculinity Masculinity in popular culture Men in art Men in popular culture Soldiers in art SUBJECT Soviet Union -- 20th century Soviet Union -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125764 Subject Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781609092399 1609092392 9781501757730 1501757733

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