3/ Spy and Counterspy as a “Cultural Hero” in the Soviet Cinema of the Cold War

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, N. 30, 2|2017
.
.
ABSTRACT | TESTO INTEGRALE | L’AUTORE | REFERENZE | LICENZE |
.
.
“Плакат фильма «Щит и меч» Владимира Басова. Станислав Любшин.” by Художник Рудин, Борис Семёнович on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
.
.
Italiano
Questo articolo prende in esame l’evoluzione del cinema di spionaggio sovietico durante la Guerra fredda calandola nel contesto della storia culturale degli Stati Uniti e dell’Unione Sovietica e delle relazioni fra i due contendenti. La ricezione da parte del pubblico della spia sovietica e dello spionaggio in Unione Sovietica andò mutando e questo è riscontrabile sia dalle sceneggiature cinematografiche sia dai personaggi.
Parole chiave: Politiche culturali della Guerra fredda, cinema di spionaggio sovietico, immagine pubblica dello spionaggio, mitologia nazionale, URSS.
English
This article aim to analyze the evolution of the Soviet spy cinema of the Cold War in the context of the cultural history and the social changes in the USA and the Soviet Union, and the relations with the political opponents. The public reception of the Soviet spy and spying was evolved in the Soviet Union and it was reflected in the cinema plots and characters transformations.
Keywords: Cold War cultural politics, Soviet spy cinema, public image of espionage, national mythology, USSR.
.
[» Scarica l’articolo in PDF] (link da aggiornare)
.
Viktoria Sukovataya is Ph. D. and Doctor of Habilitation in Cultural Studies, professor of Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science Department, Kharkiv National Karazin University, Ukraine. She published more 150 articles in the area of Soviet and post-Soviet identity, Gender and Visual Arts in Ukrainian, Russian, Byelorussian, Serbian, Romanian, Polish, German, Brazilian, and American journals. She is author of three textbooks and one monograph. She was invited as scholar in different academic centers, including University of Virginia (USA), Lund University (Sweden), Hamburg University (Germany), Free University (Berlin, Germany), University of Bologna (Italy), George Washington University, USA and Berkeley University in California (USA).
.
Sukovataya, Viktoria A., «Spy and Counterspy as a “Cultural Hero” in the Soviet Cinema of the Cold War», Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, N. 30, 2|2017
URL: << http://www.studistorici.com/2017/07/29/sukovataya_numero_30/ >
.
«Spy and Counterspy as a “Cultural Hero” in the Soviet Cinema of the Cold War» by Viktoria A. Sukovataya / Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribuzione – Condividi allo stesso modo 3.0 Unported.
.