After Newspeak
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-5262-8 (ISBN)
Gorham explains why glasnost figured as such a critical rhetorical battleground in the political strife that led to the Soviet Union’s collapse and shows why Russians came to deride the newfound freedom of speech of the 1990s as little more than the right to swear in public. He assesses the impact of Medvedev’s role as Blogger-in-Chief and the role Putin’s vulgar speech practices played in the restoration of national pride. Gorham investigates whether Internet communication and new media technologies have helped to consolidate a more vibrant democracy and civil society or if they serve as an additional resource for the political technologies manipulated by the Kremlin.
Michael S. Gorham is Professor of Russian Studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Florida. He is the author of Speaking in Soviet Tongues: Language Culture and the Politics of Voice in Revolutionary Russia and coeditor of Digital Russia: The Language, Culture, and Politics of New Media Communication.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Translations
Introduction: Ideologies, Economies, and Technologies of Language
1. The Soviet Legacy: From Political to Cultural Correctness
2. Glasnost Unleashed: Language Ideologies in the Gorbachev Revolution
3. Economies of Profanity: Free Speech and Varieties of Language Degradation
4. In Defense of the National Tongue: Guardians, Legislators, and Monitors of the Norm
5. Taking the Offensive: Language Culture and Policy under Putin
6. "Cyber Curtain" or Glasnost 2.0? Strategies for Web-based Communication in the New Media Age
Conclusion
Appendix: Sayings and Proverbs about Language
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.4.2014 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Ithaca |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy |
Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller | |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8014-5262-7 / 0801452627 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8014-5262-8 / 9780801452628 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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