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

by Frank J Miller

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After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists devoted considerable efforts to attending to what purported to be a rebirth of the Russian epic tradition, producing works of pseudofolklore that as often as not featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. Miller's account of this curious episode in the history of popular culture and totalitarian politics, and his synopses and translations of "classic" examples of folklore for Stalin, seek to serve as a resource not only for the study of contemporary folklore but also for the political scientist.
  • ISBN10 0873326687
  • ISBN13 9780873326681
  • Publish Date 31 October 1991
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Imprint M.E. Sharpe
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 214
  • Language English