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

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

Hardcover

Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute

Political BiographiesGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0873326687
ISBN13: 9780873326681
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 31 1991
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists began to produce works of pseudofolklore that often featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. This study includes synopses of some of these works.

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