"SVETA FROM IVANOVO" AS THE MIRROR OF THE SNOW REVOLUTION Cover Image

«СВЕТА ИЗ ИВАНОВО» КАК ЗЕРКАЛО БОЛОТНОЙ РЕВОЛЮЦИИ
"SVETA FROM IVANOVO" AS THE MIRROR OF THE SNOW REVOLUTION

Author(s): Oleg Vjacheslavovich Riabov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Civil Society, Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics, Geopolitics
Published by: Издатель Наталья Докучаева
Keywords: «Sveta from Ivanovo»; 2011–13 Russian protests; political mobilization; Orientalism; Postcolonial studies; capital and province; regional identity;

Summary/Abstract: The case-study deals with representations of a young supporter of United Russia, Svetlana Kuritsyna (a.k.a. «Sveta from Ivanovo») in the discourse of the Snow revolution in Russia. The author points out that her image was exploited by both the protesters and authorities in political mobilization. The article demonstrates the liberal opposition’s attitudes to the Russian province that shapes social support of the protests.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 125-147
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Russian