| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
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BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; 80 |
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BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 80
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| Contents |
Russia's ultimate celebrity : VVP as VIP objet d'art / Helena Goscilo -- A personality cult for the postmodern age : reading Vladimir Putin's public persona / Julie A. Cassiday and Emily D. Johnson -- Putin as the father of the nation : his family and other animals / Tatiana Mikhailova -- Putin's language / Michael Gorham -- The discourse of a spectacle at the end of the presidential term / Lara Ryazanova-Clarke -- Putin in Russian fiction / Andrei Rogatchevski -- Post-Soviet self-fashioning and the politics of representation / Brian James Baer -- Putin's performance of masculinity: the hero and macho sex-object / Helena Goscilo |
| Summary |
Though in recent months Putin's popularity has frayed at the edges, the dearth of comparably powerful and experienced political leaders leaves no doubt that he will continue to be a key political figure. During his tenure as Russia's President and subsequently as Prime Minister, Putin transcended politics, to become the country's major cultural icon. This book examines the nature of his iconic status. It explores his public persona as glamorous hero, endowed with vision, wisdom, moral and physical strength-the man uniquely capable of restoring Russia's reputation as a global power. In analy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- -- Public opinion
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- -- In literature
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| SUBJECT |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- fast |
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Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovič 1952- gnd |
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Presidents -- Russia (Federation)
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Russians -- Russia (Federation) -- Attitudes
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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History.
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Literature
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Presidents
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Public opinion
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Russians -- Attitudes
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Repräsentation
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Literatur
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Massenmedien
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Personenkult
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Russia (Federation)
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Ryssland -- politik och förvaltning.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goscilo, Helena, 1945-
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| ISBN |
9780203108048 |
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0203108043 |
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9781136264290 |
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1136264299 |
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6613955639 |
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9786613955630 |
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1283643138 |
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9781283643139 |
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