Russia's new fin de siècle : contemporary culture between past and present /: contemporary culture between past and present. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Birgit Beumers ; Ellen Thomas, cover designer ; Melanie Marshall, Tom Newman, production manager.
• Other Names: Beumers, Birgit; Thomas, Ellen; Marshall, Melanie; Newman, Tom
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors' Notes; Introduction: Russia's New fin de siècle: Contemporary Culture between Past and Present; PART I: Written Discourse; Chapter 1: The Function of the Soviet Experience in Post-Soviet Discourse; Chapter 2: Cycles, Continuity and Change in Contemporary Russian Culture; Chapter 3: Victor Pelevin and the Void; Chapter 4: From Homo Zapiens to Media Sapiens: Post-Soviet Television in Russian Fiction; PART II: Visual and Popular Culture; Chapter 5: Afrika and Monroe -- Post-Soviet Appropriation, East and West. Chapter 6: Military Dandyism, Cosmism and Eurasian Imper-ArtChapter 7: Sweet Dreams: Retro Imagery on Chocolate Packaging in Post-Soviet Russia; Chapter 8: Victory Day: Rituals and Practices of War Commemoration in Russia; PART III: Cinematic Culture; Chapter 9: A Kiss for the KGB: Putin as Cinematic Hero; Chapter 10: 'Address Your Questions to Dostoevsky': Privatizing Punishment in Russian Cinema; Chapter 11: Freedom and Uncertainty: The Cinema of Slava Tsukerman; Chapter 12: Muratova's Cinema before and after Perestroika: Deconstructing and Rebuilding Film Aesthetics. Chapter 13: The Place of Action Must Not be Changed: Aleksei Balabanov's St PetersburgIndex; Back Page.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, England Chicago, Illinois : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Subjects: 303.40947; Social change -- Russia (Federation) -- History -- 21st century; Civilization; Social change; Social conditions; Russia (Federation) -- Civilization -- 21st century; Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Russia (Federation); Electronic books; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783200856; 1783200855; 9781783200863; 1783200863
• Related ISBNs: 9781841507309
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 13, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.