Folklore for Stalin: Russian Folklore and Pseudo-folklore of the Stalin Era

by Frank J. Miller

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After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. Miller's account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0873326687

ISBN13:9780873326681

Release Date:October 1991

Publisher:Routledge

Length:214 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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