{"product_id":"generation-stalin-french-writers-the-fatherland-and-the-cult-of-personality-9780253038227","title":"Generation Stalin: French Writers, the Fatherland, and the Cult of Personality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneration Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e traces Joseph Stalin's rise as a dominant figure in French political culture from the 1930s through the 1950s. Andrew Sobanet brings to light the crucial role French writers played in building Stalin's cult of personality and in disseminating Stalinist propaganda in the international Communist sphere, including within the USSR. Based on a wide array of sources--literary, cinematic, historical, and archival--\u003cem\u003eGeneration Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e situates in a broad cultural context the work of the most prominent intellectuals affiliated with the French Communist Party, including Goncourt winner Henri Barbusse, Nobel laureate Romain Rolland, renowned poet Paul Eluard, and canonical literary figure Louis Aragon. \u003cem\u003eGeneration Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e arrives at a pivotal moment, with the Stalin cult and elements of Stalinist ideology resurgent in twenty-first-century Russia and authoritarianism on the rise around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Sobanet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253038227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Sobanet teaches French literature, film, and culture at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is author of \u003cem\u003eJail Sentences: Representing Prison in Twentieth-Century French Fiction \u003c\/em\u003eand Associate Editor of \u003cem\u003eContemporary French Civilization.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39946290102387,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5926a90e-eeed-4861-abaf-6882fcc3cd8a.jpg?v=1648313074","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/generation-stalin-french-writers-the-fatherland-and-the-cult-of-personality-9780253038227","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}