Soviet Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism in Contemporary Russia

Author/Contributor(s):	Borenstein, Eliot
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	06/15/2023
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"As Borenstein shows in his readings of a range of popular culture texts, the imaginary identities Russians have been trying on since the Soviet collapse reflect an aggressive, often outward-facing self-hatred that allows some Russians to come to terms with their country's standing in the world, the social and economic misery, and the dominance of oligarchism and Putinsim"-