ISBN:
052136986X
,
0521362148
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 269 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Cambridge Soviet paperbacks 7
Series Statement:
Cambridge Soviet paperbacks
DDC:
947.084
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-1917
;
Culture populaire - URSS
;
Volkscultuur
;
Popular culture
;
Volkskultur
;
Geschichte
;
Unterhaltung
;
Vergnügen
;
Massenkultur
;
Rusia - Civilización
;
URSS - Civilisation
;
Sowjetunion
;
Soviet Union Civilization
;
Russland
;
Sowjetunion
;
Russland
;
Unterhaltung
;
Geschichte 1900-1917
;
Sowjetunion
;
Unterhaltung
;
Geschichte
;
Sowjetunion
;
Volkskultur
;
Geschichte
;
Sowjetunion
;
Massenkultur
;
Geschichte
;
Sowjetunion
;
Vergnügen
;
Geschichte
;
Russland
;
Unterhaltung
;
Geschichte 1900-1917
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Bibliogr. S. 228 - 245. - Discogr. S. 246 - 249. - Filmogr. S. 250 - 256. - Videogr. S. 257
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
Publisher description
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam024/91033592.html
