Remembering the war, forgetting the terror : appeals to family memory in Putin's Russia / Ekaterina V. Haskins.

Author/creator Haskins, Ekaterina V., 1969- author.
Format Book
PublicationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2024]
Descriptionxiii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Collective memory--Russia (Federation).
Memory--Political aspects. --Russia (Federation).
World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union. --Influence.
Political violence--Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)--Cultural policy.

Portion of title Appeals to family memory in Putin's Russia
SeriesRhetoric and democratic deliberation
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; v. 31. ^A1143957
Contents Cinematic sacrifice, redemptive patriotism, and public memory -- Victory Day, family style : grassroots war commemoration, collective memory habits, and the shaping of public affect -- "The city of victors" : ambient Stalinism and family memory of the Great Patriotic War -- Digital archives of war and repressions : "no one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten"?.
Abstract "A study of the popular appeal of the cult of Soviet victory in World War II and the collective incapacity to reckon with the Soviet state terror in Putin's Russia. Illustrates how appeals to family memory energize habits of remembrance acquired through exposure to films, architecture, rituals, and digital archives"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index.
LCCN 2023052086
ISBN9780271097138
ISBN0271097132 hardcover