Between Lenin and Bandera: Decommunization and Multivocality in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783838215068)

On 8 December 2013, Ukraine's central Lenin monument in Kyiv was pulled down. In the following months, in what became known as the "Leninfall," Ukraine swept away hundreds of communist monuments, expressing an explicit desire to break away from the Soviet past and, implicitly, from Russia. This book examines the evolution of post-Euromaidan de-Sovietization beyond the issues of toppling of old statues and implementation of new anti-totalitarian laws. It explores decommunization as both a political and cultural phenomenon that exposes the multivocality of the Ukrainian population and involves various forms of dialogical interaction between ordinary citizens and the state. Posters, graffiti, or street names are physical and discursive canvases where old meanings are being contested and re-articulated, and where new political symbols that combine nationalist and democratic elements are being defined.

Author: Anna Kutkina
ISBN-10: 3838215060
ISBN-13: 9783838215068
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Language: English
Published: 12/28/2021
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.75w x 0.94d