How the Soviet Man Was Unmade : Cultural Fantasy and Male Subjectivity under Stalin.
Kaganovsky, Lilya.
How the Soviet Man Was Unmade : Cultural Fantasy and Male Subjectivity under Stalin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Russian and East European Studies ; v.233 . - Russian and East European Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: "Bodies That Matter" -- Chapter 2. How the Soviet Man Was (Un)Made -- Chapter 3. Visual Pleasure in Stalinist Cinema -- Chapter 4. Heterosexual Panic -- Chapter 5. What Does Woman Want? -- Chapter 6. Epilogue: "Female Masculinity" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book exposes the paradox behind the myth of the indestructible Stalinist-era male. In her analysis of social-realist literature and cinema, Kaganovsky examines the recurring theme of the mutilated male body. She views this representation as a thinly veiled statement about the emasculated male condition during the Stalinist era. Kaganovsky provides an insightful reevaluation of classic works of the period, including the novels of Nikolai Ostrovskii (How Steel Was Tempered) and Boris Polevoi (A Story About a Real Man), and films such as Ivan Pyr'ev's The Party Card, Eduard Pentslin's The Fighter Pilots, and Mikhail Chiaureli's The Fall of Berlin, among others. The symbolism of wounding in these works acts as a fissure in the facade of Stalinist cultural production through which we can view the consequences of historic and political trauma.
9780822973430
Electronic books.
PG3026
891.709/3521
How the Soviet Man Was Unmade : Cultural Fantasy and Male Subjectivity under Stalin. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (241 pages) - Russian and East European Studies ; v.233 . - Russian and East European Studies .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: "Bodies That Matter" -- Chapter 2. How the Soviet Man Was (Un)Made -- Chapter 3. Visual Pleasure in Stalinist Cinema -- Chapter 4. Heterosexual Panic -- Chapter 5. What Does Woman Want? -- Chapter 6. Epilogue: "Female Masculinity" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book exposes the paradox behind the myth of the indestructible Stalinist-era male. In her analysis of social-realist literature and cinema, Kaganovsky examines the recurring theme of the mutilated male body. She views this representation as a thinly veiled statement about the emasculated male condition during the Stalinist era. Kaganovsky provides an insightful reevaluation of classic works of the period, including the novels of Nikolai Ostrovskii (How Steel Was Tempered) and Boris Polevoi (A Story About a Real Man), and films such as Ivan Pyr'ev's The Party Card, Eduard Pentslin's The Fighter Pilots, and Mikhail Chiaureli's The Fall of Berlin, among others. The symbolism of wounding in these works acts as a fissure in the facade of Stalinist cultural production through which we can view the consequences of historic and political trauma.
9780822973430
Electronic books.
PG3026
891.709/3521