Book contents
- Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
- Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Promised Lands
- 1 Amerikanizm
- 2 Alienism and Radicalism
- 3 Pernicious Propaganda
- 4 Two Russian Gentlemen
- Part II New York and the Eastern States
- Part III To the Pacific Ocean
- Part IV The Golden State
- Part V Journey’s End
- Select Bibliography
- Index
2 - Alienism and Radicalism
from Part I - Promised Lands
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2024
Book contents
- Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
- Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Promised Lands
- 1 Amerikanizm
- 2 Alienism and Radicalism
- 3 Pernicious Propaganda
- 4 Two Russian Gentlemen
- Part II New York and the Eastern States
- Part III To the Pacific Ocean
- Part IV The Golden State
- Part V Journey’s End
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 focuses on what Ilf and Petrov astutely identified as the American strategy of disparaging communism by associating it with ethnic and racial minorities. Focusing on the story of Alexander Gumberg, a Jewish immigrant from the Russian empire who helped to facilitate Ilf and Petrov’s journey, the chapter analyzes how in the wake of the post-World War I Red Scare, Jewish immigrants negotiated the popular and official tendency to conflate “alienism” and “radicalism.”
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- Soviet Adventures in the Land of the CapitalistsIlf and Petrov's American Road Trip, pp. 24 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024