That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II
The cult of World War II once again occupies a hegemonic position in the frigid, increasingly militaristic cultural climate of modern-day Russia. A matter of great pride for the overwhelming majority of Russian people, the war serves as a model for group solidarity and a means of social control. It...
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-Soviétiques
2011-12-01
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| description | The cult of World War II once again occupies a hegemonic position in the frigid, increasingly militaristic cultural climate of modern-day Russia. A matter of great pride for the overwhelming majority of Russian people, the war serves as a model for group solidarity and a means of social control. It is used as a positive, character forming experience as each new generation is initiated into it through popular culture. Three recent films, the duology We are from the Future and The Fog, take on the role of the « ceremony masters » for contemporary Russian youth in its rite of passage. Essentially the vehicles of state propaganda, the films not only explore the idiosyncrasies of the proverbial Russian character, while reviving military traditions and encouraging civic responsibility, but also reflect the deep-seated anxieties of Russian society regarding its younger members. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-61a084ee1f9e492a8b38986ad494ad862022-12-22T03:16:24ZdeuCentre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-SoviétiquesJournal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies1769-70692011-12-0112That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War IIOlga KucherenkoThe cult of World War II once again occupies a hegemonic position in the frigid, increasingly militaristic cultural climate of modern-day Russia. A matter of great pride for the overwhelming majority of Russian people, the war serves as a model for group solidarity and a means of social control. It is used as a positive, character forming experience as each new generation is initiated into it through popular culture. Three recent films, the duology We are from the Future and The Fog, take on the role of the « ceremony masters » for contemporary Russian youth in its rite of passage. Essentially the vehicles of state propaganda, the films not only explore the idiosyncrasies of the proverbial Russian character, while reviving military traditions and encouraging civic responsibility, but also reflect the deep-seated anxieties of Russian society regarding its younger members.http://journals.openedition.org/pipss/3866FilmsWorld War IIPatriotismPropaganda |
| spellingShingle | Olga Kucherenko That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies Films World War II Patriotism Propaganda |
| title | That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II |
| title_full | That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II |
| title_fullStr | That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II |
| title_full_unstemmed | That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II |
| title_short | That’ll Teach’em to Love Their Motherland!: Russian Youth Revisit the Battles of World War II |
| title_sort | that ll teach em to love their motherland russian youth revisit the battles of world war ii |
| topic | Films World War II Patriotism Propaganda |
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