Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Minkova, Yuliya, author

Title Making martyrs : the language of sacrifice in Russian culture from Stalin to Putin / Yuliya Minkova
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2018

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Rochester studies in East and Central Europe
Rochester studies in East and Central Europe.
Contents Werewolves, vampires, and the "sacred wo/men" of Soviet discourse in Pravda and beyond in the 1930s and 1940s -- Drawing borders in the sky: pirates and damsels in distress of aerial hijackings in Soviet press, literature, and film -- Our man in Chile, or Victor Jara's posthumous life in Soviet media and popular culture -- Fathers, sons, and the imperial spirit: the wartime homo sacer's competitive victimhood -- Robber baron or dissident intellectual: the businessman hero at the crossroads of history -- Conclusion
Summary Examines the ideology of sacrifice in Soviet and post-Soviet culture, analyzing a range of fictional and real-life figures who became part of a pantheon of heroes 'primarily because of their victimhood.'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 8, 2018)
Subject Political culture -- Russia (Federation)
Political culture -- Soviet Union
Heroes -- Mythology -- Soviet Union
Heroes -- Mythology -- Russia (Federation)
Idealism -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union
Idealism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation)
HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Heroes -- Mythology
Idealism -- Social aspects
Intellectual life
Political culture
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824
Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005570
Subject Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787442160
1787442160
9781787442016
1787442012