Writing Russia : the discursive construction of anOther nation / Melissa-Ellen Dowling.

Dowling, Melissa-Ellen,
Writing Russia :
Erişim Adresi
Taylor & Francis Link
OCLC metadata license agreement Link
ISBN
9781000411751 (epub)
1000411753
9781003173656 (ebook)
1003173659
9781000411744 (adobe pdf)
1000411745
9781032003214 (hardback)
9781032003252 (paperback)
1032003219
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Routledge, 2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Routledge approaches to history ; volume 46
Genel Not
Word "another" in title has capital O.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction: writing Russia -- Discourse, power, nation: approaches to deconstructing national histories -- Othering Russia in historical accounts of the Mongol conquest -- Romancing Russia and questioning the applicability of the Oriental paradigm -- The language of nationality in histories of World War II -- Securitising Putin's Russia -- A discordic narrativisation of the Russian nation and the necessity of tragic emplotment -- A short annotated history of Russian authoritarianism -- Conclusion: representing and reifying Russia.
Özet, vb.
"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 contradictions in their narratives of Russia, generating a seemingly cohesive depiction of Russia as a liminal, Other nation. This is a process that this book theorises as "discordus", representing an original conceptual framework for examining national history texts. It identifies patterns in the language and emplotment of Anglophone Russian histories across several defining historical epochs from the Mongol conquests to the Putin presidency, revealing the extent to which historians wield the narrative power to "make or break" nations. Postmodern in approach, the work pushes the boundaries of historiography and calls into question the nature of history"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
Historiography __ Methodology.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union __ bisacsh
HISTORY / Historiography __ bisacsh
Russia __ Historiography.
Soviet Union __ Historiography.
Russia (Federation) __ Historiography.
Russia __ History __ Philosophy.
Soviet Union __ History __ Philosophy.
Russia (Federation) __ History __ Philosophy.
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