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

Viktoria Sukovataya

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Jul 2017)

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

Viktoria Sukovataya

Affiliations

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).

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 1 – 18

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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.

Published in Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea

ISSN: 2038-0925 (Online)
Publisher: Diacronie
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: History (General) and history of Europe: History (General): Modern history, 1453-
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