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How the Soviet Man Was Unmade - Cultural Fantasy and Male Subjectivity Under Stalin (Paperback)
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How the Soviet Man Was Unmade - Cultural Fantasy and Male Subjectivity Under Stalin (Paperback)
Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies
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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, an inversion 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
social-realist literature and cinema, she examines the recurring
theme of the mutilated male body, which appears with startling
frequency. Kaganovsky views this representation as a thinly veiled
statement about the emasculated male condition during the Stalinist
era. Because the communist state was ""full of heroes,"" a man
could only truly distinguish himself and attain hero status through
bodily sacrifice - yet in his wounding, he was forever reminded
that he would be limited in what he could achieve, and was expected
to remain in a state of continued subservience to Stalin and the
party.Kaganovsky provides an insightful reevaluation of classic
works of the period, including the novels of Nikolai Ostrovskii
(""How Steel Was Tempered"") and Boris Polevoi (""A Story About a
Real Man""), and films such as Ivan Pyr'ev's ""The Party Card"",
Eduard Pentslin's ""The Fighter Pilots"", and Mikhail Chiaureli's
""The Fall of Berlin"", among others. The symbolism of wounding and
dismemberment in these works acts as a fissure in the facade of
Stalinist cultural production through which we can view the
consequences of historic and political trauma.
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Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies |
Release date: |
August 2008 |
First published: |
June 2008 |
Authors: |
Lilya Kaganovsky
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8229-5993-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8229-5993-3 |
Barcode: |
9780822959939 |
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