The monument «The Motherland calls!» in symbolic politics: Outline of research field Cover Image

Монумент «Родина-мать зовет!» в символической политике: Контуры проблемного поля
The monument «The Motherland calls!» in symbolic politics: Outline of research field

Author(s): Oleg Vjacheslavovich Riabov
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Semiology, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy
Published by: Издатель Наталья Докучаева
Keywords: the symbol of the Motherland; the monument «The Motherland calls!»; symbolic politics; symbolic boundaries; post-Soviet Russia;

Summary/Abstract: The article sketches an outline of exploring the role of the monument «The Motherland calls!» on Mamayev Hill in regional, national, and global symbolic politics. The author points out that the monument serves as an important resource of power relations; it is actively exploited in drawing symbolic boundaries, in producing meanings and evaluations.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 6-20
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian