{"product_id":"unstuck-in-time-on-the-post-soviet-uncanny-paperback","title":"Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliot Borenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToday's Russia, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Unstuck in Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e suggests, is a nation of time travelers, living either in memories of the Great Patriotic War and a society that provided for all its citizens or in an alternative future in which the USSR never collapsed.\u003c\/b\u003e Eliot Borenstein examines the ways in which films, fiction, television, social media, political parties, and even theme parks use the conventions of time travel and alternate history to fantasize about narratives that are more appealing than the post-Soviet present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnstuck in Time\u003c\/i\u003e explores the centrality of an uncannily persistent USSR in the post-Soviet cultural imagination through deeply engaged and entertaining readings of an impressive array of texts: fantasies in which characters time-crash into the Soviet past, fictions of triumphant far-future Soviet societies, and real-life enterprises feeding the belief that the Soviet Union never ended. Whether channeled into benign nostalgia or dangerous mythmaking, the cases that Borenstein analyzes reveal the extent to which the psychic shock of the end of the Soviet Union left Russians adrift, caught between a past many still long for and a future few can imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies and Vice Chancellor for Global Programs at New York University. His books include\u003ci\u003e Soviet Self-Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Plots against Russia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMarvel Comics in the 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773218914592,"sku":"9781501777899","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da7bcf5fac852067b6b73b1c3f351708.webp?v=1780422517","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unstuck-in-time-on-the-post-soviet-uncanny-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}