Overkill: sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture

About that : sex and its metaphors -- Stripping the nation bare : pornography as politics -- Pimping the motherland : Russia bought and sold -- To be continued : death and the art of serial storytelling -- Women who run with the wolves -- Men of action : heroic melodrama and the passion of Mad Dog -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borenstein, Eliot (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY [u.a.] Cornell University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Edition:1. publ.
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Keywords:
Culture > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Gewalt
Gewalttätigkeit > Massenmedien
Massenmedien
Pop-Kultur
Popular Culture > Russia (Federation)
Popular literature > Russia (Federation) > History and criticism
Post-communism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Russland
Russland > Sexualverhalten > Massenkultur > Geschichte 1990-2005
Sex in mass media
Sex in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
Sexualität
Violence in mass media
Violence in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
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Summary:About that : sex and its metaphors -- Stripping the nation bare : pornography as politics -- Pimping the motherland : Russia bought and sold -- To be continued : death and the art of serial storytelling -- Women who run with the wolves -- Men of action : heroic melodrama and the passion of Mad Dog -- Overkill : bespredel and gratuitous violence -- Conclusion : someone like Putin
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XV, 265 S. Ill 23 cm
ISBN:0801445833
9780801445835
0801474035
9780801474033