Russia on the edge imagined geographies and post-Soviet identity / [electronic resource] :
Edith W. Clowes.
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.
- xviii, 179 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : is Russia a center or a periphery? -- Deconstructing imperial Moscow -- Postmodernist empire meets Holy Rus : how Aleksandr Dugin tried to change the Eurasian periphery into the sacred center of the world -- Illusory empire : Viktor Pelevin's parody of neo-Eurasianism -- Russia's deconstructionist westernizer : Mikhail Ryklin's "larger space of Europe" confronts Holy Rus -- The periphery and its narratives : Liudmila Ulitskaia's imagined south -- Demonizing the post-Soviet other : the Chechens and the Muslim south.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780801460661 (electronic bk.)
Russian literature--History and criticism.--21st century Russian literature--History and criticism.--20th century National characteristics, Russian, in literature. Nationalism and literature--Russia (Federation) Cultural geography--Russia (Federation) Territory, National--Russia (Federation)