LEADER 02108cam a2200361 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20221006124620.0 008 990513s1999 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 99063582 020 0300081065 (cloth : acidfree paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |beng 041 eng 043 e-ur--- 050 00 DK265 |b.F468 1999 082 00 947.084/1 |221 100 1 Figes, Orlando, |d1959- 245 10 Interpreting the Russian Revolution : |bthe language and symbols of 1917 / |cOrlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii. 260 New Haven, CT : |bYale University Press, |c1999. 300 198 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 1. The desacralization of the Monarchy: rumours and the downfall of the Romanovs -- 2. The symbolic revolution -- 3. The cult of the leader -- 4. Languages of citizenship, languages of class: workers and the social order -- 5. The language of the revolution in the village -- Image of the enemy -- Conclusion. 520 "This is a book about the ways in which language was used to define identities and create new meanings in the politics of 1917. Language is defined in the broadest sense - songs and texts, symbolic flags and emblems, pictures and monuments, banners and slogans, common speech and rumour, dress and body language, ritualized demonstrations by the crowd, parades and other ceremonies to represent and show allegiance to the idea of 'the revolution'"--introduction 580 Donation of Anatole Shub 651 0 Soviet Union |xHistory |yRevolution, 1917-1921 |xLanguage. 651 0 Soviet Union |xHistory |yRevolution, 1917-1921 |xPsychological aspects. 700 1 Kolonitskii, B. I., |d1955- 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6947_084000000000000_1_FIG |70 |8GEN |9160869OSA |bOSA |d2022-10-04 |eShub |l0 |o947.084/1 FIG |r2022-10-04 |w2022-10-04 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 4X7l0GY2 992 01 947_084000000000000_1_FIG |bQVS_ZRVZZZZZZZZZZZZ_Y_KHJ 966 |cIn the Research Room