Writing Russia: The Discursive Construction of AnOther Nation

ISBN-13: 9781032003214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 200 str.

Melissa-Ellen Dowling

Opis

This book offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing historical works on the history of Russia, it provides insight into representations of Russia in the West and advances approaches to historiography.

Spis treści

Introduction: Writing Russia  1. Discourse, Power, Nation: Approaches to Deconstructing National Histories  2. Othering Russia in Historical Accounts of the Mongol Conquest  3. Romancing Russia and Questioning the Applicability of the Oriental Paradigm  4. The Language of Nationality in Histories of World War II  5. Securitising Putin’s Russia  6. A Discordic Narrativisation of the Russian Nation and the Necessity of Tragic Emplotment  7. A Short Annotated History of Russian Authoritarianism.  Conclusion: Representing and Reifying Russia

O autorze

Melissa-Ellen Dowling is a research fellow at the University of Adelaide.