Real Images
Soviet Cinema and the Thaw
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-86064-550-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text investigates and analyzes Soviet cinema of "the thaw", from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Khruschev's rule. Josephine Woll explains how Soviet industry and film-makers strove to satisfy audiences' hunger for films, whilst accommodating politics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
436 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-550-1 (9781860645501)
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E-Book
12/1999
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
€28.99
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E-Book
12/1999
1st Edition
I.B. Tauris
€28.99
Available for download
Person
Josephine Woll is Professor of German and Russian at Howard University, Washington D.C.
Content
Part 1 Status, power and display: excess; cruelty and power; simplicity; imperfection; eco. Part 2 Violence and provocation: ultra style/ultra violence; gangsters; gangstas; skinheads; punks; heroin chic; decadence and decay. Part 3 The eroticized body: underwear as outerwear; eroticism; fetish; the brutalized body; flesh; skin. Part 4 Gender and subversion: new woman; dressing up - woman; dressing up - man; unisex; androgyny.