Soviet literature in general and Soviet children’s literature in particular have often been labeled by Western and post-Soviet Russian scholars and critics as propaganda. Below the surface, however, Soviet children’s literature and culture allowed its creators greater experimental and creative freedom than did the socialist realist culture for adults. This volume explores the importance of children’s culture, from literature to comics to theater to film, in the formation of Soviet social identity and in connection with broader Russian culture, history, and society.
| ISBN: | 9780415978644 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2007 |
| Author: | Marina (Illinois Wesleyan University, USA) Balina |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 408 pages |
| Series: | Children's Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Children’s and teenage literature studies: general Literature: history and criticism Children’s and teenage literature studies: general |