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How the Soviet man was unmade : cultural fantasy and male subjectivity under Stalin /

In Stalinist Russia, the idealized Soviet man projected an image of strength, virility, and unyielding drive in his desire to build a powerful socialist state. In monuments, posters, and other tools of cultural production, he became the demigod of Communist ideology. But beneath the surface of this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaganovsky, Lilya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2008.
©2008
Colección:Series in Russian and East European studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Stalinist Russia, the idealized Soviet man projected an image of strength, virility, and unyielding drive in his desire to build a powerful socialist state. In monuments, posters, and other tools of cultural production, he became the demigod of Communist ideology. But beneath the surface of this fantasy, between the lines of texts and in film, lurked another figure: the wounded body of the heroic invalid, the second version of Stalin's New Man. In How the Soviet Man Was Unmade, Lilya Kaganovsky exposes the paradox behind the myth of the indestructible Stalinist-era male. In her analysis of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index.
ISBN:9780822973430
082297343X