期刊名称：The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
印刷版ISSN：1769-7069
出版年度：2011
卷号：2011
期号：12
出版社：Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-Soviétiques
摘要：The cult of World War II once again occupies a hegemonic position in the frigid, increasingly militaristic cultural climate of modern-day Russia. A matter of great pride for the overwhelming majority of Russian people, the war serves as a model for group solidarity and a means of social control. It is used as a positive, character forming experience as each new generation is initiated into it through popular culture. Three recent films, the duology We are from the Future and The Fog, take on the role of the « ceremony masters » for contemporary Russian youth in its rite of passage. Essentially the vehicles of state propaganda, the films not only explore the idiosyncrasies of the proverbial Russian character, while reviving military traditions and encouraging civic responsibility, but also reflect the deep-seated anxieties of Russian society regarding its younger members.
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