{"product_id":"soviet-and-post-soviet-identities-paperback-9781316631973","title":"Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316631973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoviet and Post-Soviet Identities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fresh look at post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia and at the Soviet historical background that shaped the present.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Bassin (Edited by), Catriona Kelly (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316631973, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e386 pages, 20 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Soviet and Post-Soviet Identities is a significant contribution to Slavic studies and to the field of nationhood studies more generally.' Andrea Lanoux, The Russian Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, questions of identity have dominated the culture not only of Russia, but of all the countries of the former Soviet bloc. This timely collection examines the ways in which cultural activities such as fiction, TV, cinema, architecture and exhibitions have addressed these questions and also describes other cultural flashpoints, from attitudes to language to the use of passports. It discusses definitions of political and cultural nationalism, as well as the myths, institutions and practices that moulded and expressed national identity. From post-Soviet recollections of food shortages to the attempts by officials to control popular religion, it analyses a variety of unexpected and compelling topics to offer fresh insights about this key area of world culture. Illustrated with numerous photographs, it presents the results of recent research in an accessible and lively way.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Mark Bassin and Catriona Kelly\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Status of National Identity: 1. The contradictions of identity: being Soviet and National in the USSR and after Ronald Grigor Suny\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tales told by Nationalists Nancy Condee\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Institutions of National Identity: 3. National identity through visions of the past: contemporary Russian cinema Birgit Beumers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Archaising culture: the Museum of Ethnography Dmitry Baranov\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rituals of identity: the Soviet passport Albert Baiburin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Myths of National Identity: 6. 'If the war comes tomorrow': patriotic education in Soviet and post-Soviet primary school Vitaly Bezrogov\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conquering space: the cult of Yuri Gagarin Andrew Jenks\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nation-construction in post-Soviet Central Asia Sergei Abashin\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Spaces of National Identity: 9. Soviet and post-Soviet Moscow: literary reality or nightmare? Dina Khapaeva\u003cbr\u003e 10. From the USSR to the Orient: national and ethnic symbols in the city text of Elista Elza-Bair Guchinova\u003cbr\u003e 11. The place(s) of Islam in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia Victoria Arnold\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Languages of National Identity: 12. Language culture and identity in post-Soviet Russia: the economies of mat Michael Gorham\u003cbr\u003e 13. Policies and practices of language education in post-Soviet Central Asia: between ethnic identity and civic consciousness Olivier Ferrando\u003cbr\u003e 14. Surviving in the time of deficit: the narrative construction of a 'Soviet identity' Anna Kushkova\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Creeds of National Identity: 15. Competing orthodoxies: identity and religious belief in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia Catriona Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Popular orthodoxy' and identity in twentieth-century Russia: ideology, consumption and competition Alexander Panchenko\u003cbr\u003e 17. Religious affiliation and the politics of post-Soviet identity: the case of Belarus Galina Miazhevich\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909180875032,"sku":"9781316631973","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316631973i_9f9eb44f-6e1f-42bd-903b-12289a32c48c.jpg?v=1696708818","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/soviet-and-post-soviet-identities-paperback-9781316631973","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}