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Making martyrs : the language of sacrifice in Russian culture from Stalin to Putin /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minkova, Yuliya (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, New York : University of Rochester Press, [2018]
Series:Rochester studies in East and Central Europe.
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Intellectual life.
Russia (Federation) > Intellectual life.
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)
Table of 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.