Abstract
Written in the beginning of December 2013, this article was inspired by two events that temporarily coincided: the massive manifestations in Kiyv's Maidan Square, called 'Euromaidan' and the release of Pussy Riot from prison in Russia. Asking myself if those two events were pure coincidence, or if there were a certain political or at least media causality between the two, I try to analyse both processes (Euromaidan media representation and Pussy Riot media plot) as new myths (referring to Barthes, McLuhan and Meletinskii's theories) of political resistance in post-Soviet territories, created through the media.
Highlights
Written in the beginning of December 2013, this article was inspired by two events that temporarily coincided: the massive manifestations in Kiyv’s Maidan Square, called ‘Euromaidan’ and the release of Pussy Riot from prison in Russia
Tchermalykh: New Dissidence, Civic Disobedience and Cyber-Mythology the following individuals will soon be released from custody: Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, members of the music band Pussy Riot; seven prisoners of conscience from the ‘Bolotnaya Case’ concerning organisers of mass protests against Putin’s re-election in March 2012; and activists from Green Peace who have become, among others, central figures in the youth-based antiPutin movement that has swept Russia over the past few years
Concerning gender dissidence within contemporary Russian politics, Pussy Riot has served an active role in transforming public opinion by embodying – quite literally – a sign system that is unprecedented in post-Soviet politics
Summary
Written in the beginning of December 2013, this article was inspired by two events that temporarily coincided: the massive manifestations in Kiyv’s Maidan Square, called ‘Euromaidan’ and the release of Pussy Riot from prison in Russia. Asking myself if those two events were pure coincidence, or if there were a certain political or at least media causality between the two, I try to analyse both processes (Euromaidan media representation and Pussy Riot media-plot) as new myths (referring to Barthes, McLuhan and Meletinskii’s theories) of political resistance in post-Soviet territories, created through the media.
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