Pop Culture Russia

Author : Birgit Beumers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851094646

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Pop Culture Russia! by Birgit Beumers Pdf

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.

Author : James Von Geldern,Richard Stites
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995-12-22
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0253209692

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Mass Culture in Soviet Russia by James Von Geldern,Richard Stites Pdf

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.

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 052136986X

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Russian Popular Culture by Richard Stites Pdf

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.

Author : Eliot Borenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801474035

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Overkill by Eliot Borenstein Pdf

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.

Author : Adele Marie Barker
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0822323133

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Consuming Russia by Adele Marie Barker Pdf

A timely study of the "new Russia" at the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004366671

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Cultural and Political Imaginaries in Putin’s Russia by Anonim Pdf

In Cultural and Political Imaginaries in Putin’s Russia scholars scrutinise developments in official symbolical, cultural and social policies as well as the contradictory trajectories of important cultural, social and intellectual trends in Russian society after the year 2000. Engaging experts on Russia from several academic fields, the book offers case studies on the vicissitudes of cultural policies, political ideologies and imperial visions, on memory politics on the grassroot as well as official levels, and on the links between political and national imaginaries and popular culture in fields as diverse as fashion design and pro-natalist advertising. Contributors are Niklas Bernsand, Lena Jonson, Ekaterina Kalinina, Natalija Majsova, Olga Malinova, Alena Minchenia, Elena Morenkova-Perrier, Elena Rakhimova-Sommers, Andrei Rogatchevski, Tomas Sniegon, Igor Torbakov, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, and Yuliya Yurchuk.

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253209498

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Culture and Entertainment in Wartime Russia by Richard Stites Pdf

"This lively and often moving collection of essays is an important contribution to Western scholarship on Soviet society and culture during the Second World War. . . . [a] straightforward but lively description of cultural life, unhampered by excessive interpretation or cultural theory. For all those who love Russia's cultural heritage, these essays cast a welcome spotlight on some of the people and pockets of life from that tragic but compelling time." —Canadian Slavonic Papers "Enjoyable to read and accessible to the nonspecialist, Culture and Entertainment is not only an indispensable addition to any Soviet studies library but will prove valuable to anyone interested in or teaching courses on World War II, propaganda and popular culture, homefront politics, or the interacation between cultural creation and governmental power." —Journal of Modern History "This comprehensive recollection of articles goes beyond cultural history, and provides an original approach to the study of war. War, we learn, is fought on many fronts, and the cultural one should not be underestimated." —SAIS Review " . . . takes the reader to the heart of the patriotic struggle, to the cultural and spiritual imperatives that roused Russian resistance." —Canadian Military History "This collection . . . furthers knowledge of Soviet high and popular culture, and also demonstrates the extremely important role that cultural productions played in helping to maintain Soviet spirits in the midst of the Nazi onslaught." —Choice "This anthology of scholarly articles provides surprising insights into Soviet cultural propaganda during the Great Patriotic War." —War, Literature and the Arts ". . . the essays here provide much food for thought and constitute a valuable addition to a relatively neglected area of study." —The Slavonic Review World War II (The Great Patriotic War) had a pronounced cultural and emotional impact on the Russian people. The subjects of these essays range from the Moscow press to frontline correspondents, from entertainment brigades to amateur songs by fighting men and women, from symphonic compositions to revivals of literary classics, and from Moscow stages to folk ensembles on the battlefield—the cultural outpourings in the hearts and souls of ordinary Russians at war.

Author : James Von Geldern,Richard Stites
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0253328934

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Mass Culture in Soviet Russia by James Von Geldern,Richard Stites Pdf

Offers an array of documents, short fiction, poems, songs, plays, movie scripts, and folklore to offer a look at the mass culture that was consumed by millions in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1953. This work focuses on the entertainment genres that both shaped and reflected the social, political, and personal values of the regime and the masses.

Author : Mark Bassin,Gonzalo Pozo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786601636

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The Politics of Eurasianism by Mark Bassin,Gonzalo Pozo Pdf

This collection explores Eurasianism and its interactions with and effects on political discourses, identity debates, and popular culture.

Author : Eliot Borenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501716362

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Plots against Russia by Eliot Borenstein Pdf

In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultural roots of konspirologiia that run through Russian life. Plots against Russia reveals through dramatic and exciting storytelling that conspiracy and melodrama are entirely equal-opportunity in modern Russia, manifesting themselves among both pro-Putin elites and his political opposition. As Borenstein shows, this paranoid fantasy until recently characterized only the marginal and the irrelevant. Now, through its embodiment in pop culture, the expressions of a conspiratorial worldview are seen everywhere. Plots against Russia is an important contribution to the fields of Russian literary and cultural studies from one of its preeminent voices.

Author : Nicholas Rzhevsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107495623

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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture by Nicholas Rzhevsky Pdf

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.

Author : Joanna Hubbs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993-09-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253115787

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Mother Russia by Joanna Hubbs Pdf

"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.

Author : Richard Stites
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1030142837

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Russian popular culture by Richard Stites Pdf

Author : Emily Sebastian
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538301784

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The Culture of Russia by Emily Sebastian Pdf

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.

Author : Valerie Ann Kivelson,Joan Neuberger,Associate Professor of History Joan Neuberger
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300119619

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Picturing Russia by Valerie Ann Kivelson,Joan Neuberger,Associate Professor of History Joan Neuberger Pdf

What can Russian images and objects—a tsar’s crown, a provincial watercolor album, the Soviet Pioneer Palace—tell us about the Russian people and their culture? This wide-ranging book is the first to explore the visual culture of Russia over the entire span of Russian history, from ancient Kiev to contemporary, post-Soviet society. Illustrated with more than one hundred diverse and fascinating images, the book examines the ways that Russians have represented themselves visually, understood their visual environment, and used visual images in social and political contexts. Expert contributors discuss images and objects from all over the Russian/Soviet empire, including consumer goods, architectural monuments, religious icons, portraits, news and art photography, popular prints, films, folk art, and more. Each of the concise and accessible essays in the volume offers a fresh interpretation of Russian cultural history. Putting visuality itself in focus as never before, Picturing Russia adds an entirely new dimension to the study of Russian literature, history, art, and culture. The book enriches our understanding of visual documents and shows the variety of ways they serve as far more than mere illustration.