L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges

What can travel writing tell us about the politics of the USSR? This article looks to consider the nuances of the testimony of traveller and writer Ella Maillart in two travelogues from the early 1930s : Parmi la jeunesse russe (1930) and Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges (1932). A rereading of t...

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Main Author: Sara Steinert Borella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2288
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description What can travel writing tell us about the politics of the USSR? This article looks to consider the nuances of the testimony of traveller and writer Ella Maillart in two travelogues from the early 1930s : Parmi la jeunesse russe (1930) and Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges (1932). A rereading of these two texts allows the reader to take another look at the history of the Stalinist era, a time that allowed for few to bear witness. At the same time, the nearly one hundred years that separate us from the publication date of these two books allows us to reconsider the reception of Ella Maillart’s writing both from a literary and historical perspective.
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L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
Viatica
testimony
travel writing
Stalinist era
apolitism
Maillart (Ella)
title L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
title_full L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
title_fullStr L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
title_full_unstemmed L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
title_short L’apolitisme d’Ella Maillart dans Parmi la jeunesse russe et Des monts Célestes aux sables rouges
title_sort l apolitisme d ella maillart dans parmi la jeunesse russe et des monts celestes aux sables rouges
topic testimony
travel writing
Stalinist era
apolitism
Maillart (Ella)
url https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2288
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