1st Edition
Writing Russia The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation
By Melissa-Ellen Dowling
Copyright 2021
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Writing Russia offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing preeminent historical works on the history of Russia, this book provides insight into the hidden ideological underpinnings of the texts and their representations of Russia in the West. It demonstrates that historians employ a range of literary techniques to smooth over... Read more
Introduction: Writing Russia
1. Discourse, Power, Nation: Approaches to Deconstructing National Histories
2. Othering Russia in Historical Accounts of the Mongol Conquest
3. Romancing Russia and Questioning the Applicability of the Oriental Paradigm
4. The Language of Nationality in Histories of World War II
5. Securitising Putin’s Russia
6. A Discordic Narrativisation of the Russian Nation and the Necessity of Tragic Emplotment
7. A Short Annotated History of Russian Authoritarianism
Conclusion: Representing and Reifying Russia
Biography
Melissa-Ellen Dowling is a research fellow at the University of Adelaide.
