ABSTRACT

This article deals with an analysis of the representation of American cities in Soviet animated films of the Cold War (1946–63). The space-oriented discourse of popular geopolitics was a resource for constructing the Cold War enemy. The authors point out that the images of skyscrapers served as the main signifier of Americanness in Soviet animation. Among their principal functions were othering and dehumanising ‘enemy number one’, supporting the positive collective identity of the Soviet people and legitimising the Soviet way of life. The image of skyscrapers is discussed as a political symbol, which Soviet propaganda treated as an embodiment of America. This image incorporates the negative characteristics of the American enemy: exploitation; economic and social inequality; racism; the dictatorship of the magnates of Wall Street; egoism and hostility among persons; dominance of mass culture; incitement of base instincts in a person; and cult of violence and war.

摘要

本文分析了冷战时期（1946-63）苏联动画电影中美国城市的代表性。流行的地缘政治的面向太空的话语是构造冷战敌人的资源。作者指出，摩天大楼的图像是苏联动画中美国性的主要标志。他们的主要职能是使“敌对第一”人化和非人性化，支持苏联人民的积极集体认同，并使苏联的生活方式合法化。讨论摩天大楼的图像是一种政治符号，苏联的宣传将其视为美国的化身。这种形象体现了美国敌人的消极特征：剥削；经济和社会不平等；种族主义; 华尔街大亨的专政；人与人之间的利己主义和敌对情绪；大众文化的主导地位；煽动一个人的本能；以及对暴力和战争的崇拜。