Soviet Ghosts
The Former Theater of the Soviet Army in Lviv and Post-Socialism as a Crisis of Infrastructure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11045809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mayhill C Fowler (0000-0001-8246-9096, Stetson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2021.78 |
| OpenAlex | W4220730161 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The author argues that one of the central crises of post-socialist culture is that of infrastructure: specifically, the categories of state and public, and how those are understood in relation to funding and managing the arts. War in Donbas has created a situation of scarcity and opportunity, creating small openings for changes in theatrical policy at the government level and changes in management at the local level. The article offers several examples of theaters resulting from or responding to changes in theatrical infrastructure, and uses the case study of Teatr Lesi, the former Soviet Army theater in Lviv, to demonstrate the fundamental transformation of theatrical infrastructure in Ukraine since 2014
Communism · Economics · Government (linguistics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Scarcity · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science · The arts · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Public Administration · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |