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OverviewCities are constructed and organized by people, and in turn become an important factor in the organization of human life. They are sites of both social encounter and social division and provide for their inhabitants “a sense of place”. This book explores the nature of Russian cities, outlining the role played by various Russian cities over time. It focuses on a range of cities including provincial cities, considering both physical, iconic, created cities, and also cities as represented in films, fiction and other writing. Overall, the book provides a rich picture of the huge variety of Russian cities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pavel Lyssakov , Stephen NorrisPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9780367438715ISBN 10: 0367438712 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 September 2021 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"The City in Russian Culture ""Space, Culture, and the Russian City"" Pavel Lyssakov and Stephen M. Norris Part I: The Constructed City The City as Legible Sanctuary ""Siberia’s City on a Hill: Tobol’sk at the Apogee of Empire"" Mark A. Soderstrom The City as a Site of Urban Vision ""Serf Village, Industrial Town: The Creation of Ivanovo-Voznesensk"" Alison K. Smith The City as Translocal Space ""‘Malorossians Have Come!’ Ukrainian Musicale and the Making of the Russian Imperial City in the Middle Volga"" Ilya Gerasimov The City as a Work of Monumental Culture ""The Hero-City of Novorossiisk as a Site of War Myth and Memory"" Vicky Davis The City as Showpiece ""Arctic Camp, Arctic City: the Gulag and the Construction of Vorkuta"" Alan Barenberg The City as Genuine Space ""The Paradoxes of Soviet Urbanization: The Search for the Genuine Soviet City"" Milyausha Zakirova Part II: The Represented City The City as Narrated Space ""Spatial Practices and the Narrative of the Russian City"" Pavel Lyssakov The City as Imagined Home ""Journeys Through the Socialist City and Inside the Socialist Apartment: Space and Place in the Moscow Text of Soviet Film"" Stephen M. Norris The City as Created Text ""Writing from the Ruins of Europe: Representing Kaliningrad in Russian Literature from Brodsky to Buida"" Uilleam Blacker The City as Imaginary Landscape ""The Geo-cultural Images of Sortavala: Poetics of Place in the North Ladoga Region"" Alexander Izotov The City as Gendered Space ""The Rise and Fall of the Creative Capitals: Female Directors on Post-Soviet Urban Space"" Anzhelika Artyukh and Arlene Forman"ReviewsAuthor InformationPavel Lyssakov is an Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at St Petersburg State University Stephen M. Norris is a Professor of History at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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