ПЕНЗА:ПОИСКИ НОВОГО ОБРАЗА ГОРОДА НА ФОНЕ АМНЕЫИИ НЕДАВНЕГО СОВЕТСКОГО ПРОШЛОГО
PENZA: SEARCH FOR A NEW IMAGE OF THE CITY IN THE CONTEXT IF THE RECENT SOVIET PAST AMNESIA

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the contradictions and problems of search for a new image of Penza and Penza region. The article draws attention to the symptoms of the collective memory amnesia of the recent Soviet past in a regional context. The author discusses the contradictions of a new urban identity which are reflected in the change of the city symbols, the processes of media representation of the recent Soviet past, and the prospects of the Soviet museumification in the urban context. The author raises the problem of integration of the collective memory of the late Soviet period in the contemporary discourse about the urban image of Penza.

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