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Katrin Ullmann
Neither Foe nor Friend
The American Image of Russia in Transition |
| For almost half a century, the Iron Curtain had separated Americans and Russians by barriers of misunderstanding, suspicion and alienation. The accession of Mikhail Gorbachev to power in the mid-1980s signalled the beginning of a revolutionary stage in American-Soviet relations. In the course of the following two decades Americans and Russians would interact to an extent never anticipated and come to call each other partners, or even friends. The word friendship, however, is often used superficially. This book provides a more profound answer to the question of how, from the American perspective, the image of, and the relationship to, Russia have changed since the former adversary “opened its doors” to the West. Ullmann not only reveals how the American public’s attitudes toward Russia or the scope of people-to-people contacts have changed, she also analyses to what extent Americans have been able to learn about Russia in the mass media and to what extent they have been interested in studying Russian culture and language. |
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| „The novelty [...] of Ullmann’s work is its interdisciplinary approach, as the author blends historical and political perspectives with socio-cultural analyses while emphasizing such concepts as cross-cultural communication and stereotypes.” |
| Olga M. Mesropova in Slavic and East European Journal |
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