The Empire Strikes Back. Russian National Cinema After 2005
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https://doi.org/10.11649/ch.2017.008Keywords:
national cinema, Russian cinema, imperial nationalism, politics of memoryAbstract
The paper provides critical analysis of the latest wave of Russian national cinema (2005-2013), considered one of key instruments of Vladimir Putin’s nation-building cultural policy. The analysis, focused mostly on historical film and war film, reveals the concept of an ‘imperial nation’ as the main concept underlying this policy. The new Russian nation-concept is calculated to binding elements from two former Russian imperial traditions: tradition of the Russian Empire and the Soviet tradition, thus trying to overcome the identity crisis in contemporary Russia.
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