Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics / / Graeme Gill [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Gill Graeme J.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 947.084
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Soviet Union - History; Symbolism in politics - Soviet Union - History; Political customs and rites - Soviet Union - History; Narration (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - Soviet Union - History; Legitimacy of governments - Soviet Union - History; Political culture - Soviet Union - History; Popular culture - Soviet Union - History
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Politics and government; Soviet Union Civilization
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-351) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ideology, metanarrative, and myth -- Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-1929 -- The Stalinist culture, 1929-1953 -- An everyday vision, 1953-1985 -- The vision implodes, 1985-1991 -- Impact of the metanarrative.
• Sommario/riassunto: Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics analyses the way in which Soviet symbolism and ritual changed from the regime's birth in 1917 to its fall in 1991. Graeme Gill focuses on the symbolism in party policy and leaders' speeches, artwork and political posters, and urban redevelopment, and on ritual in the political system. He shows how this symbolism and ritual were worked into a dominant metanarrative which underpinned Soviet political development. Gill also shows how, in each of these spheres, the images changed both over the life of the regime and during particular stages: the Leninist era metanarrative differed from that of the Stalin period, which differed from that of the Khrushchev and Brezhnev periods, which was, in turn, changed significantly under Gorbachev. In charting this development, the book lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall.
• Altri titoli varianti: Symbols & Legitimacy in Soviet Politics
• Titolo autorizzato: Symbols and legitimacy in Soviet politics
• ISBN: 1-107-22104-8; 1-139-06382-0; 1-283-11889-0; 1-139-07622-1; 9786613118899; 1-139-08305-8; 1-139-07050-9; 1-139-07851-8; 1-139-08078-4; 0-511-79143-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464713203321
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