Title Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics / Graeme Gill

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) Contents Ideology, metanarrative, and myth -- Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-1929 -- The Stalinist culture, 1929-1953 -- An everyday vision, 1953-1985 -- The vision implodes, 1985-1991 -- Impact of the metanarrative Summary "Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, urban redevelopment, and on ritual in the political system. He shows how this symbolism and ritual were worked into a dominant metanarrative which underpinned Soviet political development. Gill also shows how, in each of these spheres, the images changed both over the life of the regime and during particular stages: the Leninist era metanarrative differed from that of the Stalin period, which differed from that of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, which was, in turn, changed significantly under Gorbachev. In charting this development, the book lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za -- History. SUBJECT Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za fast Subject Social change -- Soviet Union -- History Symbolism in politics -- Soviet Union -- History Political customs and rites -- Soviet Union -- History Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History Legitimacy of governments -- Soviet Union -- History Political culture -- Soviet Union -- History Popular culture -- Soviet Union -- History HISTORY. Civilization Legitimacy of governments Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects Political culture Political customs and rites Politics and government Popular culture Social change Symbolism in politics SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125832 Soviet Union -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125714 Subject Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139078511 1139078518 9780511791437 0511791437 9781139083058 1139083058 9781139080781 1139080784 1107221048 9781107221048 1139063820 9781139063821 1283118890 9781283118897 1139076221 9781139076227 9786613118899 6613118893 1139070509 9781139070508

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