Popular geopolitics and nation branding in the post-Soviet realm /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Saunders, Robert A., 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Routledge research in place, space, and politics series.
Subjects:	Geopolitics > Former Soviet republics. Nation-building > Former Soviet republics. Branding (Marketing) > Political aspects > Former Soviet republics. Popular culture > Former Soviet republics. Former Soviet republics > Relations.

Table of Contents:

Forward : [Not] Made in the USSR
Of Idols and Idylls : The Question of National Image
The Supermarket of Nations : Competitive Identity and the Brand State
The Mind's Eye : Popular Culture, Geographical Imagination, and International Relations
A Brand New Eurasia : Places, Spaces, and Peoples of the Post-Soviet Realm
The Post-Soviet Bogeyman : A Guide to the Dangerous Personae of the Former USSR
Laughable Nations : Parodying the Post-Soviet Republics
Mapping Trashcanistan : The Post-Soviet Badlands in Popular Culture, News Media, and Academe
Branded! : Marketing the New Nations of Eurasia to the (Western) World
Conclusion : Post-Soviet Eurasia : The Once-and-Future Geopolitical Imaginary.