Screening Russian youth: An introduction. (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaminer, Jenny
• Is Part Of: Studies in Russian and Soviet cinema. Volume 17:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 2
• Page End: 5
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Youth theme -- Thaw cinema -- late Soviet cinema -- post-Soviet cinema -- films for children and youth; Motion pictures -- Soviet Union -- Periodicals; Motion pictures -- Russia (Federation) -- Periodicals; Motion pictures; Russia (Federation); Soviet Union; Periodicals; 791.430947
• DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2163959
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1750-3140

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This introduction outlines the scope of the cluster presented in this issue (17.1) of Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema on the representation of youth on late-Soviet and Russian screens. It connects the arguments made in the three contributions by Irina Souch, Vadim Mikhailin, and Galina Belyaeva; by Laura Todd; and by Emily Schuckman Matthews, concerning the emergence on screen of the young hero from the 1960s as a representative of sincerity, who contrasts with the older generation; the growing non-conformism and aggression of the younger generation in the late 1970s and 1980s; and the erupting violence in late-Soviet and post-Soviet cinema.