ISBN:
020384503X
,
0415587654
,
9780203845035
,
9780415587655
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 295 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
BASEES / Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies 68
Parallel Title:
Print version Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russia : Shocking Chic
DDC:
305.5/20947
Keywords:
Social change
;
Social change
;
Glamour Social aspects
;
Popular culture
;
Popular culture
;
Glamour Social aspects
;
Celebrities Biography
;
Celebrities Biography
;
Moscow (Russia) Social life and customs
;
Russia (Federation) Social life and customs
Abstract:
This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality. Considering both general tendencies and individual celebrities, it examines the internal dynamics of the institutions involved in the production, marketing and maintenance of celebrities, and the context and imperatives which drive Russian society's fascination with glamour and celebrity
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 The art of politics, and the politics of art; 1 The ultimate celebrity: VVP as VIP Objet d'Art; 2 The mistress of Moscow: A case of corporate celebrity; Part 2 Prosaic glamour; 3 Akunin's secret and Fandorin's luck: Postmodern celebrity in post-Soviet Russia; 4 Glamour à la Oksana Robski; Part 3 Mediating glamour: Film, estrada, and new media stars; 5 Family, fatherland, and faith: The power of Nikita Mikhalkov's celebrity
Description / Table of Contents:
6 "Much ado and nothing: "Mikhail Zadornov as a celebrity of Russian comedy7 Russian internet stars: Gizmos, geeks, and glory; Part 4 Gendered sounds and screams of stardom; 8 Feminism à la russe?: Pugacheva-Orbakaite's celebrity construction through family bonds; 9 Elevating Verka Serdiuchka: A star-study in excess performativity; Part 5 Moscow snobbery: From "high" art to haute cuisine; 10 Zurab Tsereteli's exegi monumentum, Luzhkov's largesse, and the collateral rewards of animosity; 11 Hot prospekts: Dining in the new Moscow; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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