Abstract:The aim of the article is to introduce the New Year greeting discourse and the range of its meaning as it is presented on the recto side of official Soviet Lithuanian New Year greeting cards. Even though the New Year used to be celebrated in the preSoviet era, it was adapted to meet the needs of Soviet ideology during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. Greeting cards, among other media, were used to achieve the aim as they played a significant role in (re)creating the visual representation of the holiday.… Show more
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