Belomor, Criminality and Creativity in Stalin�s Gulag

Author

Draskoczy; Julie S.

Year

2014

Publisher

Academic Studies Press

Type

BOOK

Description

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—this monograph claims that this approach ironically created numerous loopholes in the self-fashioning process. 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 truly believed in it. Rather than dismissing such figures' participation as an attempt solely to win official favor, this volume complicates the interpretation of the Gulag and thereby provides a more holistic vision of Soviet imprisonment.

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Belomor, Criminality and Creativity in Stalin�s Gulag

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The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space

The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit

From Insurgency to Stability

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

How Informal Institutions Matter

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / __ _ ________ _ , Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / __ _ _': _ __ _-_"_

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / __ _ ________ _ , Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / __ _ _': _ __ _-_"_

Belomor, Criminality and Creativity in Stalin�s Gulag

Description

The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space

The Eclipse of Urbanism and the Greening of Public Space

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit

From Insurgency to Stability

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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

Colonial Records of the State of Georgia

How Informal Institutions Matter

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / ______ _______ ____________ _____ ____, Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / ____ ______ ___ _': ___ ____ _-_"_

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / ______ _______ ____________ _____ ____, Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / ____ ______ ___ _': ___ ____ _-_"_

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / __ _ ________ _ , Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / __ _ _': _ __ _-_"_

Archaeological Excavations and Research Studies in Southern Israel / __ _ ________ _ , Collected Papers Volume 5: 18th Annual Southern Conference / __ _ _': _ __ _-_"_