Film and television genres of the late Soviet era. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alexander Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova.
• Authors: Prokhorov, Alexander, 1965-; Prokhorova, Elena
• Contents: Cover page ; Halftitle page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Approaches to film and television genres; Why television?; The difficult fate of genre studies in the USSR and Russia; Overview of chapters: from socialist realism to film genres; 1 Prestige Productions: Epic Film as a Tool of Hard and Soft Power during the Cold War; Syntax and semantics of the genre; War and Peace: art cinema on state service; Liberation : war spectacle and the politics of memory; Postscript: the revival of prestige productions under Putin. 2 The Socialist Television Police Procedural of the 1970s and 80s: Teaching Soviet Citizens How to BehaveSyntax and semantics of the genre; The Investigation is Conducted by Experts: the Soviet police procedural is born; The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed: the romantics of the criminal underworld; Postscript: streetwise cops meet the Russian mafi a; 3 Late-Soviet Comedy: Between Rebellion and the Status Quo; Syntax and semantics of the genre; El'dar Riazanov: the trappings and traps of private life; Mark Zakharov's television films: between the romance and the sitcom. Postscript: the living and the (un)dead4 Reinventing Desire: Late-Socialist Melodrama; Syntax and semantics of the genre; Television melodrama; Cinematic masculinities; Late-Soviet "woman's film"; Postscript: televised passions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 791.430947; Film theory & criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Film genres; Motion pictures; Television program genres; Television series; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Films, cinema; Motion pictures -- Soviet Union; Film genres -- Soviet Union; Television series -- Soviet Union; Television program genres -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501324086; 9781501324093; 1501324098
• Related ISBNs: 150132408X; 9781441177292; 144113428X; 1441177299; 1501302574
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Filmography: pages 207-212.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 20, 2016).
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