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Author Livers, Keith A., 1963-

Title Constructing the stalinist body : fictional representations of corporeality in the stalinist 1930s / Keith A. Livers.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 267 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction. Stalinism Embodied; Chapter One. Turning Men into Women: Andrei Platonov in the 1930s; Chapter Two. Mikhail Zoshchenko: Engineering the Stalinist Body and Soul; Chapter Three. Lev Kassil': The Soccer Match as Stalinist Ritual; Chapter Four. Conquering the Underworld: The Spectacle of the Stalinist Metro; Conclusion. Stalinist Bodies on Display; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary Constructing the Stalinist Body brings together contemporary body theory with studies on Stalinist ideology and cultural mythology in order to elucidate the complex problem of individual authorship within the context of Stalinist ideology of the 1930s a.
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Subject Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Russian literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Utopias in literature.
Utopias in literature.
Ideology and literature.
Ideology and literature.
Human body in literature.
Human body in literature.
Mind and body in literature.
Mind and body in literature.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Livers, Keith A., 1963- Constructing the stalinist body. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2009 0739135252 9780739135259 (OCoLC)297206870
ISBN 9780739135266 (electronic book)
0739135260 (electronic book)
0739135252
9780739135259