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Russia on the edge imagined geographies and post-Soviet identity

Title
Russia on the edge [electronic resource] : imagined geographies and post-Soviet identity / Edith W. Clowes.
Author
Clowes, Edith W.
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xviii, 179 p.) : ill., map.
Series Statement
Cornell paperbacks
Uniform Title
Russia on the edge (Online)
Alternative Title
Russia on the edge (Online)
Subject
  • Russian literature > 21st century > History and criticism
  • Russian literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • National characteristics, Russian, in literature
  • Nationalism and literature > Russia (Federation)
  • Cultural geography > Russia (Federation)
  • Territory, National > Russia (Federation)
  • Russia (Federation) > Intellectual life > 1991-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction : is Russia a center or a periphery? -- Deconstructing imperial Moscow -- Postmodernist empire meets Holy Rus : how Aleksandr Dugin tried to change the Eurasian periphery into the sacred center of the world -- Illusory empire : Viktor Pelevin's parody of neo-Eurasianism -- Russia's deconstructionist westernizer : Mikhail Ryklin's "larger space of Europe" confronts Holy Rus -- The periphery and its narratives : Liudmila Ulitskaia's imagined south -- Demonizing the post-Soviet other : the Chechens and the Muslim south.
LCCN
2010042040
OCLC
ssj0000541002
Author
Clowes, Edith W.
Title
Russia on the edge [electronic resource] : imagined geographies and post-Soviet identity / Edith W. Clowes.
Imprint
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Series
Cornell paperbacks
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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