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Americans Experience Russia

- Encountering the Enigma, 1917 to the Present

About Americans Experience Russia

Americans Experience Russia analyzes how American scholars, journalists, and artists experienced and interpreted Russia/the Soviet Union over the last century. It critically engages with postcolonial theories which posit that a self-valorizing, unmediated west dictated the colonial encounter. In examining the fiction, film, journalism, treatises, and histories Americans produced out of their `Russian experience,¿ this volume closely analyzes these texts, locates them in their sociopolitical context, and gauges how their producers¿ profession, politics, gender, class, and interaction with native Russian interpreters conditioned their authored responses to Russian/Soviet reality.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415893411
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 232
  • Published:
  • November 27, 2012
  • Dimensions:
  • 235x161x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 478 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: January 12, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Americans Experience Russia

Americans Experience Russia analyzes how American scholars, journalists, and artists experienced and interpreted Russia/the Soviet Union over the last century. It critically engages with postcolonial theories which posit that a self-valorizing, unmediated west dictated the colonial encounter. In examining the fiction, film, journalism, treatises, and histories Americans produced out of their `Russian experience,¿ this volume closely analyzes these texts, locates them in their sociopolitical context, and gauges how their producers¿ profession, politics, gender, class, and interaction with native Russian interpreters conditioned their authored responses to Russian/Soviet reality.

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