Blood of others : Stalin's crimean atrocity and the poetics of solidarity. / Rory Finnin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finnin, Rory.

Series:

Ukrainian-Language Open Access Series

Ukrainian-Language Open Access Series.

Language:

Ukrainian

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : Academic Studies Press, 2026.

Summary:

ENG: In the spring of 1944, Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars, a small Sunni Muslim nation, from their ancestral homeland on the Black Sea peninsula. The gravity of this event, which ultimately claimed the lives of tens of thousands of victims, was shrouded in secrecy after the Second World War. What broke the silence in Soviet Russia, Soviet Ukraine, and the Republic of Turkey were works of literature. These texts of poetry and prose – some passed hand-to-hand underground, others published to controversy – shocked the conscience of readers and sought to move them to action. Blood of Others presents these works as vivid evidence of literature's power to lift our moral horizons. In bringing these remarkable texts to light and contextualizing them among Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian representations of Crimea from 1783, Rory Finnin provides an innovative cultural history of the Black Sea region. He reveals how a ""poetics of solidarity"" promoted empathy and support for an oppressed people through complex provocations of guilt rather than shame. Forging new roads between Slavic studies and Middle Eastern studies, Blood of Others is a compelling and timely exploration of the ideas and identities coursing between Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine – three countries determining the fate of a volatile and geopolitically pivotal part of our world. UA: Навесні 1944 року Сталін депортував кримських татар — невеликий сунітський мусульманський народ — з їхньої споконвічної батьківщини на чорноморському півострові. Трагічність цієї події, яка зрештою забрала життя десятків тисяч людей, після Другої світової війни була прихована за завісою таємності. Мовчання порушили літературні твори — у Радянській Росії, Радянській...

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ISBN:

9798897832071

OCLC:

1595732393