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Library of Modern Russia Ser.: Soviet Americana : The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists by Sergei Zhuk (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101784539104

ISBN-139781784539108

eBay Product ID (ePID)237577160

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NameSoviet Americana : the Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists

LanguageEnglish

SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, United States / 20th Century, Modern / 20th Century, International Relations / General, General

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorSergei Zhuk

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

SeriesLibrary of Modern Russia Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2019-467268

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal973.072047

Table Of ContentIntroduction Chapter 1: World War II and Inventing America on the Borders of Socialist Imagination: the Origins of American Studies in the USSR Chapter 2: Discovering America by Studying Russian-US Relations Chapter 3: Academic Exchanges and Soviet Americanists during the Cold War Chapter 4: Soviet Americanists and the Impact of American Cinema and Television on the Soviet Union Chapter 5: Playing American Indians and Soviet Indianistika Chapter 6: Carving Academic and National Identity of Ukrainian Americanists Epilogue: Perestroika and the Crisis of Soviet Amerikanistika

SynopsisThe Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US. To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk here explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers and academic interests. Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies, via the extremes of the Cold War, thaw and perestroika, to Putin's Russia. Soviet Americana is a comprehensive insight into shifting attitudes towards the US throughout the twentieth century and an essential resource for all Soviet and Cold War historians.

LC Classification NumberE183.3