Slavic ReviewPub Date : 2023-08-03DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.97
A. Kefeli
{"title":"In the Land of Giants: Eco-Mythology and Islamic Authority in the Post-Soviet Tatar Imagination","authors":"A. Kefeli","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.97","url":null,"abstract":"At the turn of the twenty-first century, giants occupied the imagination of occultists, neopagans, and nationalist writers. This article explores why those mythical colossi, a product of the pre-modern imagination, folklore, and childhood fantasy are still relevant to modern Tatars. More specifically, it centers on Fäüziyä Bäyrämova, whose fiction stands prominently in environmental public-school curricula. This inquiry provides a literary genealogy of Tatar eco-mythology, while nuancing the previous assumption in literary studies that in its evolution, the gigantic has moved away from enchantment to secularization. Unlike medieval Anglo-Saxon giants who embodied the sins of humanity or represented the uncivilized “other,” Soviet giants were builders and guardians of Tatars’ Islamic sacred geography, threatened by urbanization and secularization. In Bäyrämova's reinterpretation, they reappear not only as guardians of a nationalist cartography, but also as transmitters of Islamic reform and orthopraxy. In both Soviet and post-Soviet contexts, giants emerge as conduits of religious authority.","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"8 1","pages":"137 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84996833","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.2023.135
C. Griffin
{"title":"The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food. By Darra Goldstein. California Studies in Food and Culture, vol. 77. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022. xviii, 200 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Maps. $24.95 hard cover.","authors":"C. Griffin","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"17 1","pages":"241 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80131597","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.2023.113
D. Ćorović
{"title":"In the Suburbs of History: Modernist Visions of the Urban Periphery. By Steven Logan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. xiv, 225 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Maps. $95.00, hard bound; $38.95, paper.","authors":"D. Ćorović","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"21 1","pages":"208 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89621403","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.272
Connor Doak
{"title":"Global Russian Cultures. Ed. Kevin M.F. Platt. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2019. xiii, 386 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Tables. $79.95, hard bound.","authors":"Connor Doak","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.272","url":null,"abstract":"Global Russian Cultures. Ed. Kevin M.F. Platt. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2019. xiii, 386 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Tables. $79.95, hard bound. - Volume 82 Issue 2","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135318719","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.227
Radislav Lapushin
{"title":"Chekhov's Children: Context and Text in Late Imperial Russia. By Nadya L. Peterson. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. xiv, 408 pp. Notes. Index. Photographs. Figures. $75.00, hard bound.","authors":"Radislav Lapushin","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.227","url":null,"abstract":"Chekhov's Children: Context and Text in Late Imperial Russia. By Nadya L. Peterson. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. xiv, 408 pp. Notes. Index. Photographs. Figures. $75.00, hard bound. - Volume 82 Issue 2","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135318725","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.205
Conor O'Dwyer
{"title":"Civic and Uncivic Values in the Czech Republic: Value Transformation, Politics, Education, and Gender Equality. Ed. Sabrina Ramet, Vladimir Đorđević, and Christine Hassenstab. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. xxiii, 257 pp. Notes. Appendix. Index. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. $149.99, hard bound.","authors":"Conor O'Dwyer","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.205","url":null,"abstract":"Civic and Uncivic Values in the Czech Republic: Value Transformation, Politics, Education, and Gender Equality. Ed. Sabrina Ramet, Vladimir Đorđević, and Christine Hassenstab. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. xxiii, 257 pp. Notes. Appendix. Index. Illustrations. Figures. Tables. $149.99, hard bound. - Volume 82 Issue 2","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135319195","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.275
Alexander Cooley
{"title":"Rentier Capitalism and its Discontents: Power, Morality and Resistance in Central Asia. By Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. xxvi, 321 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Tables. $149.99, hard bound.","authors":"Alexander Cooley","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.275","url":null,"abstract":"Rentier Capitalism and its Discontents: Power, Morality and Resistance in Central Asia. By Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. xxvi, 321 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Tables. $149.99, hard bound. - Volume 82 Issue 2","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135319202","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.216
Sari Autio-Sarasmo
{"title":"A Full-Value Ruble: The Promise of Prosperity in the Postwar Soviet Union. By Kristy Ironside. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2021. 293 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Figures. Tables. $45.00, hard bound.","authors":"Sari Autio-Sarasmo","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135319315","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1017/slr.2023.180
Bert Hoppe
{"title":"Das deutsch-russische Jahrhundert. Geschichte einer besonderen Beziehung. By Stefan Creuzberger. Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, 2022; 670 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Plates. $46.01, hard bound.","authors":"Bert Hoppe","doi":"10.1017/slr.2023.180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2023.180","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21631,"journal":{"name":"Slavic Review","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135319321","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}