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Plots against Russia : conspiracy and fantasy after socialism

Title
Plots against Russia : conspiracy and fantasy after socialism / Eliot Borenstein.
Author
Borenstein, Eliot, 1966-
Publication
  • Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
xv, 288 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"A study of paranoid, conspiratorial, and extremist trends in Russia's media, film, and fiction since the collapse of the Soviet Union"--
Subject
  • Popular culture > Russia (Federation)
  • Political culture > Russia (Federation)
  • Conspiracy theories > Russia (Federation)
  • Paranoia > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
  • Post-communism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
  • National characteristics, Russian
  • Culture populaire > Russie
  • Théories du complot > Russie
  • Paranoïa > Aspect social > Russie
  • Postcommunisme > Aspect social > Russie
  • Russes
  • Conspiracy theories
  • Paranoia > Social aspects
  • Political culture
  • Popular culture
  • Post-communism > Social aspects
  • Massenkultur
  • Medien
  • Verschwörungstheorie
  • Postcommunisme > Aspect social
  • Conspirationnisme > Russie
  • Paranoïa > Aspect social
  • Caractère national russe
  • Russia (Federation)
  • Russland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Russia as an imaginary country -- Conspiracy and paranoia : the psychopathology of everyday speech -- Ruining Russia : conspiracy, apocalypse, and melodrama -- Lost horizons : Russophobia, sovereignty, and the politics of identity -- One hundred years of Sodom : dystopian liberalism and the fear of a queer planet -- The talking dead : articulating the zombified subject under Putin -- Words of warcraft : manufacturing dissent in Russia and Ukraine -- Conclusion : making Russia great again.
Call Number
DK510.762
ISBN
  • 9781501716331
  • 1501716336
  • 9781501735776
  • 1501735772
  • 9781501716355 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781501716362 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2018041939
OCLC
  • on1051775846
  • 1051775846
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries