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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827139503321

Autore

Livers Keith A. <1963->

Titolo

Constructing the Stalinist body : fictional representations of corporeality in the Stalinist 1930s / / Keith A. Livers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009

ISBN

1-282-52964-1

9786612529641

0-7391-3526-0

Edizione

[1st paperback ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

891.709372

947.0842

Soggetti

Human body in literature

Ideology and literature

Mind and body in literature

Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Utopias in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Stalinism Embodied; Chapter One. Turning Men into Women: Andrei Platonov in the 1930's; Chapter Two. Mikhail Zoshchenko: Engineering the Stalinist Body and Soul; Chapter Three. Lev Kassil': The Soccer Match as Stalinist Ritual; Chapter Four. Conquering the Underworld: The Spectacle of the Stalinist Metro; Conclusion. Stalinist Bodies on Display; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Constructing the Stalinist Body brings together contemporary body theory with studies on Stalinist ideology and cultural mythology in order to elucidate the complex problem of individual authorship within the context of Stalinist ideology of the 1930's and '40's. Author Keith A. Livers examines the ways in which Andrei Platonov, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Lev Kassil' and other authors used corporeal imagery as a means of both resisting and furthering the idea of a Stalinist utopia and the ideologically purified body politic it aspired to produce. The final chapter of the book looks at