Soviet Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities Of Postsocialism In Contemporary Russia

As Borenstein shows in his readings of a range of popular culture texts, the imaginary identities Russians have been trying on since the Soviet collapse reflect an aggressive, often outward-facing self-hatred that allows some Russians to come to terms with their country's standing in the world, the social and economic misery, and the dominance of oligarchism and Putinsim-

• | Author: Eliot Borenstein, Professor Of Russian & Slavic Studies Eliot Borenstein
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1501769871
• | ISBN-13: 9781501769870