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The Russia Reader de Adele Marie Barker

The Russia Reader

Editat de Adele Marie Barker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 iul 2010

În literatura academică dedicată spațiului est-european, persistă adesea o falie între analizele politice macroscopice și realitatea fragmentată a vieții cotidiene. The Russia Reader vine să completeze tocmai această lacună, oferind o perspectivă polifonică asupra istoriei, culturii și politicii celei mai mari țări din lume. Considerăm că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea de a pune alături documente oficiale, precum transcrierile proceselor spectacol ale figurilor de partid, cu elemente de cultură populară — versuri de cântece, glume și anecdote — care redau textura autentică a supraviețuirii umane. Descoperim aici o structură tematică riguroasă, unde fiecare secțiune este introdusă de editori pentru a oferi contextul istoric necesar. Volumul reușește să echilibreze momentele de cotitură epică, precum Revoluția din 1917, cu detalii intime extrase dintr-un manual de management casnic din secolul al XVI-lea sau amintirile unei cercetătoare dintr-un oraș științific siberian al anilor '50. The Russia Reader completează perspectiva oferită de A Concise History of Russia de Paul Bushkovitch, adăugând acea dimensiune a trăirii subiective și a documentului de arhivă inedit pe care o istorie narativă clasică nu o poate include integral. Această lucrare se plasează firesc în contextul operei editorului Adele Marie Barker. Dacă în A History of Women's Writing in Russia aceasta se concentra pe recuperarea vocilor feminine, iar în Consuming Russia analiza cultura populară post-sovietică, în volumul de față extinde cercetarea la scara întregii civilizații ruse. Rezultatul este un instrument de studiu esențial, care nu se limitează la text, ci folosește cele 100 de ilustrații pentru a vizualiza transformările unei națiuni de la Rusia Kieveană până în prezent.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822346487
ISBN-10: 0822346486
Pagini: 784
Ilustrații: 100 illustrations, incl. 15 in color
Dimensiuni: 160 x 237 x 51 mm
Greutate: 1.13 kg
Editura: Duke University Press

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest volum studenților și cercetătorilor care doresc să depășească rigoarea manualelor de istorie politică. Cititorul câștigă acces la 30 de texte traduse în premieră și la surse primare anterior clasificate. Este o resursă fundamentală pentru înțelegerea mentalității ruse prin prisma celor care au trăit-o direct, oferind o bază documentară solidă pentru orice curs de studii slave sau istorie europeană modernă.

Despre autor

Adele Marie Barker este profesor asociat de studii ruse și literatură comparată la Universitatea din Arizona. Expertiza sa în imaginarul folcloric și literatura rusă este reflectată în lucrări de referință precum „The Mother Syndrome in the Russian Folk Imagination”. Prin contribuțiile sale la Duke University Press, Barker s-a impus ca o voce autoritară în analiza intersecției dintre cultură, gen și politică în spațiul ex-sovietic. Experiența sa în cercetarea de arhivă și traducere este evidentă în selecția riguroasă a textelor care compun acest cititor istoric.

Descriere scurtă

An account of the day-to-day scramble to make ends meet after the end of the Soviet Union, letters recording ordinary Russians’ reactions to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on proper household management--The Russia Reader brings these and many other selections together in this introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the world’s largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today. Conveying the texture of everyday life alongside experiences of epic historical events, the reader is filled with the voices of men and women, rulers and revolutionaries, peasants, soldiers, literary figures, émigrés, journalists, and scholars. Most of the selections are by Russians; thirty are translated into English for the first time. The collection is illustrated with maps, paintings, photographs, posters, and cartoons; fifteen images appear in colour. The volume’s editors introduce each of the thematic sections and all of the written selections.The Russia Reader incorporates song lyrics, jokes, anecdotes, and folktales as well as poems, essays, and fiction by writers including Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoi, and Akhmatova. Transcripts from the show trials of major Party figures and an account of how staff at the Lenin Library in Moscow were instructed to interact with foreigners are among the many selections based on personal memoirs and archival materials only recently made available to the public. From a tenth-century emissary describing his encounters in Kyivan Rus’, to a scientist recalling her life in a new research city built from scratch in Siberia during the 1950s, to a novelist depicting the decadence of the “New Russians” in the 2000s, The Russia Reader is an extraordinary introduction to a vast and varied land.

Recenzii

“The Russia Reader provides a wonderful overview of Russian life and culture across the centuries, from the emergence of Muscovy and Russian Orthodoxy to the present day. The editors have done a remarkable job in selecting a range of texts that provide a sweeping overview of the complexity, drama, passion and tragedy of Russian life. The author’s brief introductions helpfully situate the texts. Readers can either follow the fate of Russia chronologically--or they can use the book as a kaleidoscope, to explore different facets of Russian life and culture. Readers will find a treasure trove of beautiful, dramatic and tragic readings to explore Russian history and culture across the ages.”--Peter Holquist, History Department, University of Pennsylvania

“Adele Barker and Bruce Grant have selected a fascinating group of writings reflecting Russian reality, past and present, most by Russians themselves. The selections make absorbing reading and convey insights that penetrate the veil of mystery that has so long obscured the ‘Russian soul.’”--Jack F. Matlock Jr., United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987–1991

"The book is tailored to occasional and avid readers alike, with its chapters organized along a roughly chronological thread....The vast majority of the texts are lucid and eye-opening, with Georgi Derlugian’s unsparing but balanced “Chechnya -- A Brief Explanation” constituting one of the book’s absolute highlights. ...For the reader who desires to take a first dip into Russian history and culture but is overwhelmed by the vast amount of work available, The Russia Reader is the ideal starting point." - Viktoria Ivanyutina, The Moscow Times

“The Russia surveyed here is one that reveals the complex layers of history that have accumulated over time and the voices that Barker and Grant marshal in telling Russia’s history are engaging and innovative ones. . . . The Russia Reader should interest any . . . traveler looking for a rich introduction into the history, culture, and politics of Russia.”—Stephen M. Norris, Anthropology of East Europe Review“The Russia Reader is excellent. It is a tremendous introduction for the newcomer to Russian history and culture, and even the well-versed reader should find fascinating new material amongst the rich variety collected here.”—Mary Bailes, Scotland-Russia Review


"The Russia Reader provides a wonderful overview of Russian life and culture across the centuries, from the emergence of Muscovy and Russian Orthodoxy to the present day. The editors have done a remarkable job in selecting a range of texts that provide a sweeping overview of the complexity, drama, passion and tragedy of Russian life. The author's brief introductions helpfully situate the texts. Readers can either follow the fate of Russia chronologically--or they can use the book as a kaleidoscope, to explore different facets of Russian life and culture. Readers will find a treasure trove of beautiful, dramatic and tragic readings to explore Russian history and culture across the ages."--Peter Holquist, History Department, University of Pennsylvania "Adele Barker and Bruce Grant have selected a fascinating group of writings reflecting Russian reality, past and present, most by Russians themselves. The selections make absorbing reading and convey insights that penetrate the veil of mystery that has so long obscured the 'Russian soul.'"--Jack F. Matlock Jr., United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991 "The book is tailored to occasional and avid readers alike, with its chapters organized along a roughly chronological thread...The vast majority of the texts are lucid and eye-opening, with Georgi Derlugian's unsparing but balanced "Chechnya -- A Brief Explanation" constituting one of the book's absolute highlights. ...For the reader who desires to take a first dip into Russian history and culture but is overwhelmed by the vast amount of work available, The Russia Reader is the ideal starting point." - Viktoria Ivanyutina, The Moscow Times "The Russia surveyed here is one that reveals the complex layers of history that have accumulated over time and the voices that Barker and Grant marshal in telling Russia's history are engaging and innovative ones... The Russia Reader should interest any ... traveler looking for a rich introduction into the history, culture, and politics of Russia." - Stephen M. Norris, Anthropology of East Europe Review "The Russia Reader is excellent. It is a tremendous introduction for the newcomer to Russian history and culture, and even the well-versed reader should find fascinating new material amongst the rich variety collected here." - Mary Bailes, Scotland-Russia Review

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""The Russia Reader" provides a wonderful overview of Russian life and culture across the centuries, from the emergence of Muscovy and Russian Orthodoxy to the present day. The editors have done a remarkable job in selecting a range of texts that offer a sweeping overview of the complexity and passion of Russian life, and their brief introductions helpfully situate the texts. Whether readers follow the fate of Russia chronologically or use the book as a kaleidoscope to explore different facets of Russian life and culture, they will find a treasure trove of beautiful, dramatic, and tragic readings for exploring Russian history and culture across the ages."--Peter Holquist, University of Pennsylvania

Descriere

An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Russia, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English.