TELEVISING THE GULAG IN PUTIN'S RUSSIA: DEKABRISTKA, MELODRAMA, AND RUSSIA'S NATIONAL NARRATIVE.

Published In: Slavic & East European Journal, 2023, v. 67, n. 1. P. 85 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: McCauley, Natalie 3 of 3

Abstract

This paper examines the Russian television series Dekabristka, a biopic based on the true story of Zinaida Levitskaia, who falsified court reports to release 410 prisoners from Gulag labor camps. By employing melodramatic devices of Manicheanism and patriarchal gender norms, the series succeeds in creating an affective safe space for broad audiences to revisit past national traumas. At the same time, it participates in the larger practice of films and television series set in the World War II-era that has dominated Russia's mediascape since the early 2000s. Continuing these films' motifs of unproblematized heroes and a return to conservative values, Dekabristka uses already familiar cultural norms and succeeds in bringing new perspectives into the national narrative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Source:Slavic & East European Journal. 2023/03, Vol. 67, Issue 1, p85
Document Type:Article
Subject Area:History
Publication Date:2023
ISSN:0037-6752
Accession Number:164808979
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