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RUSSIAN POPULAR CULTURE
ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIETY SINCE 1900 |
| By: |
Richard Stites, Mary McAuley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
052136986X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521369862 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 August, 1992 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Russian Paperbacks No. 7 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
In this text , Professor Stites introduces the figures and cultural products that are household words to Soviet people. He demonstrates how popular culture has over the past century had more impact on the lives of Russian people and reveals more about their lives than the giants of high culture. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
28 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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