‘Here is my Space’
The 1964 Shakespeare Celebrations in the USSR
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20051374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irena R Makaryk (0000-0002-1260-2178, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 51-62 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Shakespeare in Cold War Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-51974-0_5 |
| OpenAlex | W2496504507 |
| ISBN | 9781137519740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The 1964 Shakespeare anniversary provided an opportunity for the USSR to contribute to worldwide celebrations while simultaneously insisting upon Soviet supremacy and Western deficiency. Like other Soviet cultural events, the Shakespeare jubilee served multivalent internal purposes: ideological, political, and social. In analysing a range of Shakespeare anniversary activities, three major strategies are isolated and examined: double-voicing, claims of ownership and superiority, and the strategy of excess. Employing theories of space and focussing on the quatercentenary gala event held at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of a system of Soviet rituals (prazdniki), this paper argues for a complex use of Shakespeare made possible by his deep embeddedness in Soviet (especially Russian) culture
Art · Economic history · Embeddedness · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Classics · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |