Schwartz / Weller Appropriating History

The Soviet Past in Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Popular Culture
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8394-6077-1
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures

Popular media play an important role in reconstructing collective imaginations of history. Dramatic events and ruptures of the 20th century provide the material for playful as well as neo-imperialist and nationalist appropriations of the past. The contributors to the volume investigate this phenomenon using case studies from Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian popular cultures. They show how in mainstream films, TV series, novels, comics and computer games, the reference to Soviet history offers role models, action patterns and even helps to justify current political and military developments. The volume thus presents new insights into the multi-layered and explosive dynamics of popular culture in Eastern Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Matthias

Weller, Nina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Schwartz, Matthias
Matthias Schwartz is head of the project 'Adjustment and Radicalisation. Dynamics in Popular Culture(s) in Pre-War Eastern Europe' and co-head of the program area World Literature at the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), Berlin, Germany. His research interests include the cultural history of Russian and Soviet space flight, adventure literature, science-fiction and science popularisation, Eastern European youth cultures, memory cultures, and contemporary literatures in a globalised world.

Weller, Nina
Nina Weller is a postdoctoral researcher in the project 'Adjustment and Radicalisation' at the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research. 2018-2022 she was the head of the BMBF project 'Designing the Past' at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Her research focuses on contemporary literature, popular culture, memory studies and representations of history in Eastern European cultures (Belarusia, Russian, Ukrainian).