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Soviet Self-Hatred

Eliot Borenstein
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      Soviet Self-Hatred examines the imaginary Russian identities that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Eliot Borenstein shows how these identities are best understood as balanced on a simple axis between pride and shame, shifting in response to Russia's standing in the global community, its anxieties about internal dissension and foreign threats, and its stark socioeconomic inequalities.Through close readings of Russian fiction, films, jokes, songs, fan culture, and Internet memes, Borenstein identifies and analyzes four distinct types with which Russians identify or project onto others. They are the sovok (the Soviet yokel); the New Russian (the despised, ridiculous nouveau riche), the vatnik (the belligerent, jingoistic patriot), and the Orc (the ultraviolent savage derived from a deliberate misreading of Tolkien's epic). Through these contested identities, Soviet Self-Hatred shows how stories people tell about themselves can, tragically, become the stories that others are forced to live.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Eliot Borenstein EAN: 9781501769887 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-06-15 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Russia, USSR, Soviet Union, Popular culture, Media studies, European history, History of other geographical groupings and regions

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      Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. His books include Plots against Russia and Meanwhile, in Russia.... Follow him on Twitter @eliotb2002 and visit him online at eliotborenstein.net.
      Soviet Self-Hatred examines the imaginary Russian identities that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Eliot Borenstein shows how these identities are best understood as balanced on a simple axis between pride and shame, shifting in response to Russia's standing in the global community, its anxieties about internal dissension and foreign threats, and its stark socioeconomic inequalities.Through close readings of Russian fiction, films, jokes, songs, fan culture, and Internet memes, Borenstein identifies and analyzes four distinct types with which Russians identify or project onto others. They are the sovok (the Soviet yokel); the New Russian (the despised, ridiculous nouveau riche), the vatnik (the belligerent, jingoistic patriot), and the Orc (the ultraviolent savage derived from a deliberate misreading of Tolkien's epic). Through these contested identities, Soviet Self-Hatred shows how stories people tell about themselves can, tragically, become the stories that others are forced to live.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Eliot Borenstein EAN: 9781501769887 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-06-15 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Russia, USSR, Soviet Union, Popular culture, Media studies, European history, History of other geographical groupings and regions

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      Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. His books include Plots against Russia and Meanwhile, in Russia.... Follow him on Twitter @eliotb2002 and visit him online at eliotborenstein.net.

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