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National identity in Russian culture : an introduction / edited by Simon Franklin and Emma Widdis

Widdis, Emma [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Franklin, Simon [Herausgeberin/-geber]

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Englisch

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

978-0-511-72011-6 ( : ebook)

978-0-521-83926-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-521-02429-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

OCoLC: 967415342     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9780511720116

DK510.34

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LOC-SH: Russia -- Civilization ; Russians -- Ethnic identity ; National characteristics, Russian

National characteristics, Russian ; Russians ; Ethnic identity ; Russia ; Civilization

What is Russia? Who are Russians? What is 'Russianness'? The question of national identity has long been a vexed one in Russia, and is particularly pertinent in the post-Soviet period. For a thousand years these questions have been central to the work of Russian writers, artists, musicians, film-makers, critics, politicians and philosophers. Questions of national self-identity permeate Russian cultural self-expression. This wide-ranging study, designed for students of Russian literature, culture, and history, explores aspects of national identity in Russian culture from medieval times to the present day. Written by an international team of scholars, the volume offers an accessible overview and a broad, multi-faceted introductory account of this central feature of Russian cultural history. The book is comprehensive and concise; it combines general surveys with a wide range of specific examples to convey the rich texture of Russian cultural expression over the past thousand years

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"All the Russias ... '? / Simon Franklin and Emma Widdis -- Russia in time / Simon Franklin -- Russia as space / Emma Widdis -- 'Us' : Russians on Russianness / Hubertus F. Jahn -- 'Them' : Russians on foreigners / Anthony Cross -- Identity and religion / Simon Franklin -- Music of the soul? / Marina Frolova-Walker -- Identity in language? / Boris Gasparov -- Byt : identity and everyday life / Catriona Kelly -- Monuments and identity / Lindsey Hughes -- 'Pushkin' and identity / Stephanie Sandler