David Macfadyen

Russian Culture in Uzbekistan

One Language in the Middle of Nowhere

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Recent political changes in Central Asia, where the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, musical, cinematic and journalistic culture, as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger. This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia, looking at literature, language, cinema, music, and religion. It argues that the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified, polarised rhetoric of the Cold War per… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-134-29571-5
EAN: 9781134295715
Produktnummer: 14828788
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 493 KB

Über den Autor

David MacFadyen is a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of several books on many aspects of Russian literature and culture, including the poetry of Joseph Brodsky, classic Soviet prose, popular song across the twentieth century, comedic cinema, and animated film.