Werewolves, vampires, and the "sacred wo/men" of Soviet discourse in Pravda and beyond in the 1930s and 1940s -- Drawing borders in the sky: pirates and damsels in distress of aerial hijackings in Soviet press, literature, and film -- Our man in Chile, or Victor Jara's posthumous life in Soviet media and popular culture -- Fathers, sons, and the imperial spirit: the wartime homo sacer's competitive victimhood -- Robber baron or dissident intellectual: the businessman hero at the crossroads of history -- Conclusion.
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Examines the ideology of sacrifice in Soviet and post-Soviet culture, analyzing a range of fictional and real-life figures who became part of a pantheon of "heroes" primarily because of their victimhood.