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  • 1.9 - Postmodernism

  • from History 1 - Movements
  • Edited by Simon Franklin, University of Cambridge, Rebecca Reich, University of Cambridge, Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature
    Published online:
    31 December 2024
    Print publication:
    12 December 2024, pp 164-183

  • Summary

    Russian Postmodernism was a specific cultural trend that emerged in the late 1940s and early 1950s before gaining prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s due to changing political and economic conditions in the USSR. This chapter assesses the applicability of existing theories of Postmodernism to Soviet culture. According to David Harvey and Fredric Jameson, Postmodernist art is a product of the conditions of late capitalism, yet this designation evidently cannot be applied to the Soviet Union. The chapter therefore outlines the specific historical, economic, and mental conditions that gave rise to Postmodernist cultural transformation in the Soviet context. At the same time, it offers an overview of the main authors and movements within Russian Postmodernism.