| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index. |
| Contents |
Ideology, metanarrative, and myth -- Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-1929 -- The Stalinist culture, 1929-1953 -- An everyday vision, 1953-1985 -- The vision implodes, 1985-1991 -- Impact of the metanarrative. |
| Summary |
"Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, urban redevelopment, and on ritual in the political system. He shows how this symbolism and ritual were worked into a dominant metanarrative which underpinned Soviet political development. Gill also shows how, in each of these spheres, the images changed both over the life of the regime and during particular stages: the Leninist era metanarrative differed from that of the Stalin period, which differed from that of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, which was, in turn, changed significantly under Gorbachev. In charting this development, the book lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza -- History.
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Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza. |
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History. |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
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Soviet Union. |
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Politics and government. |
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Soviet Union -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
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Social change -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Social change. |
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Symbolism in politics -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Symbolism in politics. |
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Political customs and rites -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Political customs and rites. |
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects. |
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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Legitimacy of governments -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Legitimacy of governments. |
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Political culture -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Political culture. |
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Popular culture -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Popular culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gill, Graeme J. Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107004542 (DLC) 2010036186 (OCoLC)664258380 |
| ISBN |
9781139078511 (electronic book) |
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1139078518 (electronic book) |
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9780511791437 (electronic book) |
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0511791437 (electronic book) |
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9781139083058 (electronic book) |
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1139083058 (electronic book) |
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9781139080781 (e-book) |
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1139080784 (e-book) |
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9781107004542 |
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1107004543 |
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