1st Edition
Memory Politics in Contemporary Russia Television, Cinema and the State
By Mariëlle Wijermars
Copyright 2019
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
This book examines the societal dynamics of memory politics in Russia. Since Vladimir Putin became president, the Russian central government has increasingly actively employed cultural memory to claim political legitimacy and discredit all forms of political opposition. The rhetorical use of the past has become a defining characteristic of Russian politics, creating a historical foundation for... Read more
Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Memory Politics and the Remediation of Cultural Memory Case Studies Chapter 3 - Petr Stolypin Chapter 4 - Aleksandr Nevskii Chapter 5 - The Time of Troubles Chapter 6 - Ivan the Terrible and the Oprichnina Chapter 7 - The Trial of Time Chapter 8 - Conclusion
Biography
Mariëlle Wijermars is a postdoctoral researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki.
