Belomor : criminality and creativity in Stalin's Gulag /

Belomor : criminality and creativity in Stalin's Gulag /

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Author / Creator:	Draskoczy, Julie S., author.
Imprint:	Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Myths and taboos in Russian culture Myths and taboos in Russian culture.
Subject:	Labor camps -- Soviet Union. Prisoners' writings, Soviet -- History and criticism. Prisoners as artists -- Soviet Union. Prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. Labor camps. Prisoners as artists. Prisoners -- Intellectual life. Prisoners' writings, Soviet. Soviet Union. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9897153

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ISBN:	1618112880 9781618112880
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
Summary:	"Containing analyses of everything from prisoner poetry to album covers, Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin's Gulag moves beyond the simplistic good/evil paradigm that often accompanies Gulag scholarship. While acknowledging the normative power of Stalinism--an ethos so hegemonic it wanted to harness the very mechanisms of inspiration--the volume also recognizes the various loopholes offered by artistic expression. Perhaps the most infamous project of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan, the Belomor construction was riddled by paradox, above all the fact that it created a major waterway that was too shallow for large crafts. Even more significant, and sinister, is that the project won the backing of famous creative luminaries who enthusiastically professed the doctrine of self-fashioning. Belomor complicates our understanding of the Gulag by looking at both prisoner motivation and official response from multiple angles, thereby offering a more expansive vision of the labor camp and its connection to Stalinism"--Back cover.
Other form:	Online version: Draskoczy, Julie S. Belomor. Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2014 1618112880

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