Making of a Media Nation

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Television and Popular Culture in Soviet Ukraine during the 1950s–1980s

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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This book contributes to a scholarly understanding of socialist media and the public sphere, particularly within the Ukrainian context. It focuses on the period from the late 1950s—when television was introduced across much of the Soviet Union—to the late 1980s, when media became a tool in reformist and oppositional movements. Bohdan Shumylovych investigates the evolving role of media in the post-war and late Soviet Ukrainian society. Based primarily on extensive archival research conducted in multiple Ukrainian regions between 2016 and 2020, the study also uses oral history interviews with former media practitioners and viewers. The book is neither solely a media history nor exclusively a study of popular culture and television. Rather, it integrates regional and republican television with state-sponsored popular culture, revealing how these intersecting domains co-produced a distinct Soviet Ukrainian mediascape. By examining the formation of socialist media culture at the convergence of radio, television, and popular music, Shumylovych highlights the ideological dimensions and politicization of the cultural output of this time. Ultimately, the book contributes to understanding how Soviet media not only reflected state priorities but also played a central role in shaping national imaginaries that anticipated Ukraine’s post-Soviet nationhood.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-06-01
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSoviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Antal sidor300
Förlagibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
ISBN9783838220680

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Dr. Bohdan Shumylovych studied Art History and Modern History in Lviv, Budapest, and Florence. He teaches as Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Since 2008, he has also been affiliated with the Center for Urban History in Lviv, where he initiated the Urban Video Collections, headed the Urban Media Archive, and later engaged in public history projects. Following the outbreak of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, he began collecting war diaries and ego-documents, with a particular focus on dreams. The results of this project were published in Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives on the War in Ukraine: Imprints and Dreamscapes (Routledge 2023), co-edited with Magdalena Zolkos. His work has appeared in, among other outlets, Euxeinos, Colloquia Humanistica, TerGestina, IMAGES: The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication, NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, Nationalities Papers, Studies in Eastern European Cinema, Ukraïna Moderna, Eurozine, and KinoKultura. Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

In this amazing book, a leading Ukrainian historian reveals the circular ways in which mass media produce the national culture that produces mass media. It’s no surprise that a big part of this book addresses cultural magic—political advertisement, group hypnosis, and TV healings. It is indispensable reading for those who wish to understand how the Soviet-era decay turned into a glorious rebirth of the Ukrainian nation. —Alexander Etkind, Professor of International Relations, Central European University, Budapest