Making Ukraine Soviet: literature and cultural politics under Lenin and Stalin

While most studies of Soviet culture assume a model of diffusion, according to which Soviet republics imitated the artistic trends and innovations born in Moscow, Olena Palko adroitly challenges this centre-periphery perspective. Rather than being a mere imposition from above, Making Ukraine Soviet...

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Main Author: Palko, Olena (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sidney Bloomsbury Academic 2021
Series:Library of modern Russia
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Online Access:DE-521
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Summary:While most studies of Soviet culture assume a model of diffusion, according to which Soviet republics imitated the artistic trends and innovations born in Moscow, Olena Palko adroitly challenges this centre-periphery perspective. Rather than being a mere imposition from above, Making Ukraine Soviet reveals how the process of cultural Sovietization in Ukraine during the interwar years developed from a synthesis of different and often conflicting cultural projects both local and Muscovite in orientation.Engaging with a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including literary and archival material, Palko grounds her argument in the cases of two celebrated and controversial Ukrainian artists: the poet Pavlo Tychyna and prosaist Mykola Khylovyi. Through this unique biographical lens, Palko's skilled analysis of cultural construction sheds fresh light on the complex process of establishing and consolidating the Soviet regime in Ukraine. In doing so, Palko offers a timely re-assessment of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and adds nuance to current debates on the relationship between national identity, the arts, and the Soviet state.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 231-250
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 265 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karte
ISBN:9781350142701
9781350142718
DOI:10.5040/9781350142725

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