Shredding the map : imagined geographies of revolutionary Russia, 1914-1922 / Edith W. Clowes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clowes, Edith W., author.

Contributor:

Amherst College. Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Russia--20th century.

Human geography.

Human geography--Soviet Union--20th century.

Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917--Geography.

Russia.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Geography.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2024]

Summary:

Shredding the Map investigates Russian place consciousness in the decade between the start of World War I and the end of the Russian civil war. Attachment to place is a vital aspect of human identity, and connection to homeland, whether imagined or real, can be especially powerful. Drawing from a large digital database of period literature, Shredding the Map investigates the metamorphic changes in how Russians related to places--whether abstractions like "country" or concrete spaces of borders, fronts, and edgelands--during these years. An innovative, digitally aided study of Russia's "imagined geography" during the early decades of the twentieth century, Shredding the Map uncovers vying emotional patterns and responses to Russian ideas of place, some familiar and some quite new. The book includes new visualizations that connect otherwise invisible networks of shared place, feeling, and perception among dozens of writers in order to trace patterns of geospatial identity. A scholarly companion to the "Mapping Imagined Geographies of Revolutionary Russia" website and database, this book offers an innovative analysis of place and identity beyond the centers of power, enhancing our perceptions of Russia and encouraging debate about the possibilities for digital humanities and literary analysis.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9781943208784

1943208786

OCLC:

1451452730

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access