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

• Autore: Livers Keith A. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2009
• Edizione: 1st paperback ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.709372; 947.0842
• Soggetto topico: Human body in literature; Ideology and literature; Mind and body in literature; Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Utopias in literature
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Constructing the Stalinist body
• ISBN: 1-282-52964-1; 9786612529641; 0-7391-3526-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827139503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II