the bear

[Genevra Gerhart]

The French go with frogs, so the Russians go with bears. I would not attach
too much significance to it.

Genevra Gerhart

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-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
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Subhash.Jaireth at AGSO.GOV.AU
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 10:04 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: the bear


Russell Hi,

I think it is an interesting question not so much, in my opinion, as to how
the association Russia and the bear is constituted and circulated within
Russia as part of the discourse within which they, the Russians, deploy it
for themselves but as the non-Russian west has used this image to construct
Russia and the Russians as an 'other'. The notion of the so called 'bear
hug' is typical in this regard. It is one of the most visual tropes through
which the west has tried to inscribe and understand a certain form of
Russian-ness (at least male Russian-ness).


Subhash



        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Alex [mailto:a_strat at HOTMAIL.COM]
        Sent:   Thursday, 12 October 2000 15:04
        To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
        Subject:        Re: the bear

        > I have been unable to give one of my students anything but
smallish leads
        > on his research of the association of Russia and the bear. Can
anyone
        > suggest an in-depth source?

        Dear Russell,

        I think that two more "additional" items may be interesting for your
students:

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           ?   "????????" ??????? ?????????

        Alexander Stratienko


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