Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.104
S. Rutar
{"title":"Researching the European Cold War: Nationalism, (Anti-)Communism and Violence","authors":"S. Rutar","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.104","url":null,"abstract":"In her introduction to the themed cluster “Nationalism, (Anti-)Communism and Violence in the European Cold War,” the author contextualizes the issue's research contributions on Greece, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. She introduces the methodological rationale and highlights what binds the three case studies together: They explore how nationalism was woven into Cold War societies. The authors employ, as analytical prisms, both physical and symbolic violence in order to visualize empirically the workings of nationalism in the service of both communism and anti-communism. Hitherto, few scholars have focused on the interconnections between nationalism, (anti-)communism, and violence in Cold War east central and southeastern Europe.","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"21 1","pages":"1 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79028187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.158
Sibelan E. S. Forrester
{"title":"Countries That Don't Exist: Selected Nonfiction. By Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky. Jacob Emery and Alexander Spektor, eds. Russian Library. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. xi, 328 pp. Notes. $40.00, hard bound; $19.95, paper; $18.99, e-book.","authors":"Sibelan E. S. Forrester","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"33 1","pages":"274 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76235397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.126
T. Ort
{"title":"Eternal Memory: Monuments and Memorials of the Holodomor. By Wiktoria Kudela-Świątek, trans. Guy Russell Torr. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2021. 409 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $43.95, paper.","authors":"T. Ort","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.126","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"27 1","pages":"227 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90930127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.139
James Ryan
{"title":"Russian Utopia: A Century of Revolutionary Possibilities. By Mark D. Steinberg. Russian Shorts. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. xii, 138 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Figures. Maps. $17.95, paper.","authors":"James Ryan","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"246 - 247"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74527389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.103
Nadège Ragaru
{"title":"Symbolic Time(s) of Violence in Late Socialist Bulgaria","authors":"Nadège Ragaru","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.103","url":null,"abstract":"By introducing Bourdieu's notion of symbolic violence, the author explores the state uses of the cinematic industry—notably through the making of grandiose national epics—in the endeavor to model and, ultimately, to assimilate Muslim minorities during the so-called “Revival Process” (1984–1989) in socialist Bulgaria. Drawing attention to often-neglected aspects of film production, such as the selection of symbolically charged “national landscapes,” shooting locations, and the use of Muslim film extras, she examines the production of a state-sponsored historical master narrative, its widespread dissemination at home and abroad, and the attempt at channeling film reception by national minorities and the majority population. The visual recreation of the alleged Ottoman “forced islamization” of Christians and the blurring of the distinction between fiction and fact, as well as past and present were intended to boost the national pride of the majority, achieve support for anti-minority measures, and win the obedience of minorities.","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"55 1","pages":"48 - 68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74581888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.96
S. Smith-Peter
{"title":"Pozharskii's Grave and the Search for the Russian Nation in the Nineteenth Century","authors":"S. Smith-Peter","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.96","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.96","url":null,"abstract":"Prince D.M. Pozharskii, who together with Kuz΄ma Minin helped to end the Time of Troubles in 1612-13, has been the focus of commemoration for centuries and has come to symbolize the defense of the Russian nation. This article focuses on three moments of his commemoration in the nineteenth century: the classical Pozharskii, as seen in the monument on Red Square, the nationalist Pozharskii, which reimagined him almost as a saint of the nation, and the regionalist Pozharskii, which presented him as a heroic forerunner of the zemstvo and the self-directed action of the Russian people. Using a wide variety of sources, the article shows how Pozharskii's grave and its commemoration were the focus of contention over what the Russian nation was and ought to be: composed of loyal and unquestioning subjects of the tsars, saint-like warriors, or a people that was self-governing at the local level. It also argues for the importance of including local narratives and sources in the historical narrative, as this was where the demand for self-government was most clearly made. Dead bodies can spark lively discussions, and when the body is Pozharskii's, the stakes can be as high as the meaning of the Russian nation itself.","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"108 1","pages":"69 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78076695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}