Svalbard on the (Post-) Soviet Screen

A selection of Soviet/Russian and Norwegian documentary and feature films about Svalbard is analysed to account for the recurrent issues raised in cinematic representations of the archipelago. Such issues primarily include Svalbard’s ownership and demilitarization, as well as the role that women – a...

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Published in:Nordlit
Main Author: Rogatchevski, Andrei
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18493
https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4993
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spelling ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/18493 2023-05-15T18:29:33+02:00 Svalbard on the (Post-) Soviet Screen Rogatchevski, Andrei 2020-02-01 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18493 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4993 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing Nordlit Rogatchevski A. ‘Svalbard on the (Post-) Soviet Screen’. Nordlit. 2020:150-174 FRIDAID 1796152 https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4993 0809-1668 1503-2086 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18493 openAccess Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Humanities: 000 VDP::Humaniora: 000 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2020 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4993 2021-06-25T17:57:29Z A selection of Soviet/Russian and Norwegian documentary and feature films about Svalbard is analysed to account for the recurrent issues raised in cinematic representations of the archipelago. Such issues primarily include Svalbard’s ownership and demilitarization, as well as the role that women – and Russia – play in the region. The subject of these representations’ verisimilitude is also discussed. The article concludes that both film groups show a mutually observed parallel reality. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Svalbard Nordlit 45
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