Reeta Kangas
PhD
Art History, Musicology and Media Studies rekang@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-3341 |
Soviet Union; Russia; Russian art; Soviet art; propaganda; Russian propaganda tradition; Soviet propaganda; propaganda art; visual propaganda; animals in Russian and Soviet culture; animals as cultural objects;
I finished my PhD in Russian studies at the University of Turku in 2017. My dissertation examined animal symbolism and its functions in the Soviet Kukryniksy trio’s political cartoons from the Cold War era. Before my PhD, I completed my Master’s degree in Russian studies at the University of Turku and an MPhil degree in Russian studies at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. During my free time, I like to participate in a variety of activities, including but not limited to running, reading, gaming, knitting and analogue photography – especially with old Soviet cameras.
My research in general is interdisciplinary by nature. My research interests include Russian and Soviet art, political art, propaganda (especially visual propaganda), human-animal studies, frame theory, as well as the interplay of the visual with the textual in art, e.g. political cartoons and comics. My research focuses on how visual art is used to influence the audience’s worldviews and strengthen a state’s “official” narrative, as well as how cultural artefacts strengthen certain frames that the audience uses to think about the world. I am also especially interested in the use of animal symbolism in art and how it influences the ways in which humans perceive animals.
My
main teaching expertise is in Soviet propaganda, especially visual propaganda,
as well as Russian and Soviet art.
- The State of the Art: Surveying Digital Russian Art History (2021) The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies Kangas Reeta
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Graafisia reportaaseja venäläisen yhteiskunnan ongelmakohdista (2020)
- Ajan kohina
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Kirja-arvio: Krokodilin pilapiirroksia tulkitsemassa. JohnEtty: Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union. Krokodil’s Political Cartoons. 2019. ISBN 978-1-49-682108-9. (2020)
- Idäntutkimus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Papukaija puri leidiä Turussa (2018)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Vievätkö kaikki tiet Turkuun? (2018)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Cartoon Fables : Animal Symbolism in Kukryniksy’s Pravda Political Cartoons, 1965–1982 (2017) Kangas Reeta
(Doctoral dissertation (monograph) (G4)) - Minä ja Kukryniksy (2017)
- Hiiskuttua: Turun yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan verkkolehti
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Neuvostoajan pilkkaavat eläimet (2017)
- Idäntutkimus
(Article or data-article in scientific journal (B1)) - Tito Pravdan pilapiirroksissa 1949-1950 (2016)
- Idäntutkimus
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Doing Their Master's Bidding: Domesticated Animals in Kukryniksy's Pravda Political Cartoons (2015) Tiere, Texte, Transformationen: Kritische Perspektiven der Human-Animal Studies Reeta Kangas
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - The Law of the Wolf: How the Kukryniksy Trio Represented the Enemy as a “Wild” Animal in Cold War Political Cartoons in Pravda, 1965–1982 (2015)
- Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen vuosikirja
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The Fool of the Animals – The British Lion in Soviet Kukryniksy Trio’s Pravda Political Cartoons, 1965–1982 (2014) From Communication Landscapes to Bullying Battlegrounds Kangas Reeta
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Mercenary Mannerheims and the Vicious League of Nations: Winter War (1939–1941) in Pravda Political Cartoons (2010) Kenen sota? Uusia näkökulmia talvisotaan Reeta Kangas
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3))