Theatre and Identity in Imperial Russia (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

Theatre and Identity in Imperial Russia (Studies Theatre Hist & Culture)

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What role did the theatreboth institutionally and literallyplay in Russias modernization? How did the comparatively harmonious relationship that developed among the state, the nobility, and the theatre in the eighteenth century transform into ideological warfare between the state and the intelligentsia in the nineteenth? How were the identities of the Russian people and the Russian soul configured and altered by actors in St. Petersburg and Moscow? Using the dramatic events of nineteenthcentury Russian history as a backdrop, Catherine Schuler answers these questions by revealing the intricate links among national modernization, identity, and theatre.Schuler draws upon contemporary journals written and published by the educated nobility and the intelligentsiawho represented the intellectual, aesthetic, and cultural groups of the dayas well as upon the laws of the Russian empire and upon theatrical memoirs. With fascinating detail, she spotlights the ideologically charged binaries ascribed to prominent actorsauthentic/performed, primitive/civilized, Russian/Westernthat mirrored the volatility of national identity from the Napoleonic Wars through the reign of Alexander II.If the path traveled by Russian artists and audiences from the turn of the nineteenth century to the era of the Great Reforms reveals anything about Russian culture and society, it may be that there is nothing more difficult than being Russian in Russia. By exploring the ways in which theatrical administrators, playwrights, and actors responded to three tsars, two wars, and a major revolt, this carefully crafted book demonstrates the battle for the hearts and minds of the Russian people.

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