Traces of the Soviet Union
Traces of the Soviet Union
Author(s): Wojciech GóreckiSubject(s): Politics, Sociology, Political history, Social history, Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: post-Soviet; homo-sovieticus; photography
Summary/Abstract: Is talking about a post-Soviet reality justified? Or is it more of an offence? Does the term “post-Soviet” even make sense today – 26 years since the Soviet Union collapsed? Political scientists tend to answer this question with a no. Yet, the works of a collective of photographers, known as Sputnik Photos, show that what we are seeing now is something of a “Soviet afterlife”.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 05 (28)
- Page Range: 7-20
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
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