Empire from a Distance

Images of Russians, Russia and the Soviet Union in Texts of Culture

Edited by Arkadiusz Lewicki Edited by Jedrzej Morawiecki

Extent: 242, 248 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Slavic Studies

Series: Studien zur Multikulturalität

Series volume number: 13

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2025)

ISBN: 9783447123969

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $73.00

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Empire from a Distance examines images of Russians, Russia and the Soviet Union in texts of culture. The volume is focused on a cultural perspective, including both historical and contemporary issues. Culture, on the other hand, encompasses, above all, a particularly intriguing area that goes beyond the phenomena of the so-called high culture. Instead of a thousandth interpretation of the works of Russian prose masters from the nineteenth century, the authors offer a fascinating journey through the Eastern cultural topoi manifested in the world of memes or comic book superheroes. There is no shortage of in-depth analyses of individual film titles, excellent comparative studies (both of two reporters and of entire Polish-Spanish cultural configurations), as well as intriguing and unorthodox religious scholarly threads. All this makes reading the book an invigorating and compelling experience.

Edited by Arkadiusz Lewicki
Edited by Jedrzej Morawiecki

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