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Russian Popular Culture

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521369862
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Russian Popular Culture written by Richard Stites and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-08-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a side of Russian life that is largely unknown to the West - the world of popular culture. By surveying detective and science fiction, popular songs, jokes, box office movie hits, stage, radio and television, Professor Richard Stites introduces the people and cultural products that are household words to Russian people. Spanning the entire twentieth century, the author examines the subcultures that draw upon and enrich Russian popular culture. He explores the relationship between popular culture and the national and social values of the masses, including their heroes and myths, and assesses the phenomenon of the celebrity from the silent screen star to the latest rock music idol. Richard Stites pays particular attention to the dramatic battle between elite and popular culture and to the intervention of revolutions, wars, and the state in the production and control of this culture.

Pop Culture Russia!

Author : Birgit Beumers
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 : 1851094598
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture Russia! written by Birgit Beumers and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2005-06-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work focuses on the cultural and historical significance of post-Soviet Russian culture and includes case studies on influential figures such as Vladimir Vysotskii and Alexei Balabanov, who exemplify the manifestations of Russian mass culture.

Pop Culture Russia!

Author : Birgit Beumers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851094644
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture Russia! written by Birgit Beumers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at contemporary Russian popular culture, exploring the historical and social influences that make it unique. Pop music is only one aspect of contemporary Russian culture that has taken some unexpected turns in the chaotic aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse. Television and advertising, theater and cinema, athletics and religion, even fashion and food now reflect more exposure to the West, yet remain in essence distinctively Russian. Pop Culture Russia! introduces readers to the fascinating, often surprising, post-Soviet cultural landscape. With chapters on media, the arts, recreation, religion, and consumerism, the book offers an insightful survey of Russian mass culture from the death of Stalin in 1953 to the present, exploring the historical significance of important events and trends, as well as the social and political contexts from which they emerged.

Overkill

Author : Eliot Borenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801474033
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Overkill written by Eliot Borenstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borenstein argues that the popular cultural products consumed in the post-perestroika era were more than just diversions; they allowed Russians to indulge their despair over economic woes and everyday threats.

Russian popular culture

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Russian popular culture written by Richard Stites and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution, 1881-1940

Author : Catriona Kelly
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution, 1881-1940 by : Catriona Kelly

Download or read book Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution, 1881-1940 written by Catriona Kelly and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IConstructing Russian Culture offers a pioneering new account of the relationship between literature and other cultural forms in Late Imperial Russia and Revolutionary Russia.The general consensus in Western study of Russia and the Soviet Union has been that understanding of `historical background' is essential to the study of `literature'. But this consensus has so far failed to produce sophisticated overviews of the culture as a whole; literary histories seldomventure outside a rigid canon of authors and literary groupings, and the account of `historical background' sometimes amount to little more than a listing of certain predictable political and social factors that can be perceived to have `influenced' (or impeded) literary developments.This book is an ambitious attempt to recontextualize Russian literature, and rethink the relations between literature and other cultural forms. The book examines a number of, in Bourdieu's term `cultural fields' in late Imperial Russia: science and objectivity; national and personal identity;consumerism and commercial culture. There is also a `keywords' introduction explaining the evolution of concepts of the self, the nation, and `literariness' in Russian culture, and an `Epilogue' outlining the further history of the central themes after 1917.Contributors include leading specialists in Russian literature, cultural history, and cultural theory from Britain, the USA, and Russia. Intended as a companion to Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction (also OUP), this stimulating, original, and controversial book will be a vital resource forall those interested in Russian culture during `the age of Revolution'.

Consuming Russia

Author : Adele Marie Barker
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822323136
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Consuming Russia written by Adele Marie Barker and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely study of the "new Russia" at the end of the twentieth century.

Russian Culture in the Age of Globalization

Author : Vlad Strukov
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317235584
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Russian Culture in the Age of Globalization written by Vlad Strukov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together scholars from across a variety of disciplines who use different methodologies to interrogate the changing nature of Russian culture in the twenty-first century. The book considers a wide range of cultural forms that have been instrumental in globalizing Russia. These include literature, art, music, film, media, the internet, sport, urban spaces, and the Russian language. The book pays special attention to the processes by which cultural producers negotiate between Russian government and global cultural capital. It focuses on the issues of canon, identity, soft power and cultural exchange. The book provides a conceptual framework for analyzing Russia as a transnational entity and its contemporary culture in the globalized world.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture

Author : Nicholas Rzhevsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107495628
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture written by Nicholas Rzhevsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia's size, the diversity of its peoples and its unique geographical position straddling East and West have created a culture that is both inward and outward looking. Its history reflects the tension between very different approaches to what culture can and should be, and this tension shapes the vibrancy of its arts today. The highly successful first edition of Rzhevsky's Companion has been updated to include post-Soviet trends and new developments in the twenty-first century. It brings together leading authorities writing on Russian cultural identity, its Western and Asian connections, popular culture and the unique Russian contributions to the arts. Each of the eleven chapters has been revised or entirely rewritten to take account of current cultural conditions and the further reading brought up to date. The book reveals, for students, academic researchers and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths and complexities of the Russian cultural experience.

The Culture of Russia

Author : Emily Sebastian
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1538301768
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Russia written by Emily Sebastian and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though current events have brought Russia into the spotlight of late, many Americans still have only the haziest notion of Russian culture. This wide-ranging reference introduces the peoples, languages, and religions of Russia and also delves into such facets of Russian culture as sports, the media, holidays, traditional foods, and education. Chapters devoted to architecture, the visual arts, literature, and the performing arts highlight the best of Russia's cultural heritage, including the novels of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the films of Sergey Eisenstein, the music of Tchaikovsky and Sergey Prokofiev, and the churches of Pskov. Readers will find this volume to be a fascinating introduction to a rich, complex culture.

Passion and Perception

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : New Academia Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0982806167
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Passion and Perception written by Richard Stites and published by New Academia Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of "Stitesiana" includes 29 essays on Russian culture, representing the bulk of 20 years of scholarship, in addition to well-known monographs and diverse pieces in popular magazines.

Mother Russia

Author : Joanna Hubbs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253115782
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Mother Russia written by Joanna Hubbs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joanna Hubbs has found the trace of Baba Yaga and the rusalki and Moist Mother Earth and other fascinating feminine myths in Russian culture, and has added richly to the growing interest in popular culture." -- New York Times Book Review "... brave... fascinating... immensely enjoyable... " -- Times Higher Education Supplement "... a stimulating and original study... vivid and readable." -- Russian Review "An immensely stimulating, beautifully written work of scholarship." -- Francine du Plessix Gray "Joanna Hubbs has provided scholars... with a wealth of significant interpretive material to inform if not reform views of both Russian and women's cultures." -- Journal of American Folklore A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force.

Russian Mass Media and Changing Values

Author : Arja Rosenholm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113693572X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Russian Mass Media and Changing Values written by Arja Rosenholm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multi-faceted picture of the many complex processes taking place in the field of contemporary Russian media and popular culture. Russian social and cultural life today is strongly individualised and consumers are offered innumerable alternatives; but at the same time options are limited by the new technologies of control which are a key feature of Russian capitalism. Based on extensive original research by scholars in both Russia itself and in Finland, the book discusses new developments in the media industry and assesses a wide range of social and cultural changes, many of which are related to, and to an extent generated by, the media. The book argues that the Russian mass media industry, whilst facing the challenges of globalization, serves several purposes including making a profit, reinforcing patriotic discourse and popularizing liberalized lifestyles. Topics include changing social identities, new lifestyles, ideas of "glamour" and "professional values". Overall, the book demonstrates that the media in Russia is far from homogenous, and that, as in the West, despite new technologies of control, media audiences are being offered a new kind of pluralism which is profoundly influencing Russia's cultural, social and political landscape.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture

Author : Smorodinskaya
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136787852
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture written by Smorodinskaya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to the highly successful Contemporary Cultures series covers the period from period 1953, with the death of Stalin, to the present day. Both ‘Russian’ and ‘Culture’ are defined broadly. ‘Russian’ refers to the Soviet Union until 1991 and the Russian Federation after 1991. Given the diversity of the Federation in its ethnic composition and regional characteristics, questions of national, regional, and ethnic identity are given special attention. There is also coverage of Russian-speaking immigrant communities. ‘Culture’ embraces all aspects of culture and lifestyle, high and popular, artistic and material: art, fashion, literature, music, cooking, transport, politics and economics, film, crime – all, and much else, are covered, in order to give a full picture of the Russian way of life and experience throughout the extraordinary changes undergone since the middle of the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture is an unbeatable resource on recent and contemporary Russian culture and history for students, teachers and researchers across the disciplines. Apart from academic libraries, the book will also be a valuable acquisition for public libraries. Entries include cross-references and the larger ones carry short bibliographies. There is a full index.

Mass Culture in Soviet Russia

Author : James Von Geldern
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253209696
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Mass Culture in Soviet Russia written by James Von Geldern and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-12-22 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology offers a rich array of documents, short fiction, poems, songs, plays, movie scripts, comic routines, and folklore to offer a close look at the mass culture that was consumed by millions in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1953. Both state-sponsored cultural forms and the unofficial culture that flourished beneath the surface are represented. The focus is on the entertainment genres that both shaped and reflected the social, political, and personal values of the regime and the masses. The period covered encompasses the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the mixed economy and culture of the 1920s, the tightly controlled Stalinist 1930s, the looser atmosphere of the Great Patriotic War, and the postwar era ending with the death of Stalin. Much of the material appears here in English for the first time. A companion 45-minute audio tape (ISBN 0-253-32911-6) features contemporaneous performances of fifteen popular songs of the time, with such favorites as "Bublichki," "The Blue Kerchief," and "Katyusha." Russian texts of the songs are included in the book.

Common Places

Author : Svetlana Boym
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674262328
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Common Places written by Svetlana Boym and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the “real Russia”? What is the relationship between national dreams and kitsch, between political and artistic utopia and everyday existence? Commonplaces of daily living would be perfect clues for those seeking to understand a culture. But all who write big books on Russian life confess their failure to get properly inside Russia, to understand its “doublespeak.” Svetlana Boym is a unique guide. A member of the last Soviet Generation, the Russian equivalent of our Generation X, she grew up in Leningrad and has lived in the West for the past thirteen years. Her book provides a view of Russia that is historically informed, replete with unexpected detail, and everywhere stamped with authority. Alternating analysis with personal accounts of Russian life, Boym conveys the foreignness of Russia and examines its peculiar conceptions of private life and common good, of Culture and Trash, of sincerity and banality. Armed with a Dictionary of Untranslatable Terms, we step around Uncle Fedia asleep in the hall, surrounded by a puddle of urine, and enter the Communal Apartment, the central exhibit of the book. It is the ruin of the communal utopia and a unique institution of Soviet daily life; a model Soviet home and a breeding ground for grassroots informants. Here, privacy is forbidden; here the inhabitants defiantly treasure their bits of “domestic trash,” targets of ideological campaigns for the transformation (perestroika) of everyday life. Against the Russian and Soviet myths of national destiny, the trivial, the ordinary, even the trashy, take on a utopian dimension. Boym studies Russian culture in a broad sense of the word; she ranges from nineteenth- and twentieth-century intellectual thought to art and popular culture. With her we go walking in Moscow and Leningrad, eavesdrop on domestic life, and discover jokes, films, and TV programs. Boym then reflects on the 1991 coup that marked the end of the Soviet Union and evoked fin-de-siècle apocalyptic visions. The book ends with a poignant reflection on the nature of communal utopia and nostalgia, on homesickness and the sickness of being home.

Libertinage in Russian Culture and Literature

Author : Alexei Lalo
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004211209
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Libertinage in Russian Culture and Literature written by Alexei Lalo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monograph explores traditions of expressing the body and sexuality (designated as "silence" and "burlesque") throughout Russia's literary history, with a particular focus on how these traditions affect the literary modernization during the Silver Age (1890-1921) and subsequent émigré writing.