Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, And Lifestyle (Google eBook)

Birgit Beumers

ABC-CLIO, 2005 - Social Science - 399 pages

Aimed at students, travelers, and general readers, this volume explores popular culture in post-Soviet Russia. It opens with a chronology and a brief overview of Soviet cultural history. The remainder of the volume is divided into six chapters: the media; visual culture; performing arts; music and word; popular entertainment; and consumer culture.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• After World War II: 3
• After the Thaw: 6
• After Brezhnev: 9
• The New Russia: 10
• References: 12
• The Media: 13
• Radio: 46
• Internet: 49
• The Print Media: 51
• Journals: 57
• A to Z: 63
• Bibliography: 69
• Visual Culture: 71
• Animation: 99
• Visual Arts and Crafts: 104
• Art Movements: 105
• Crafts: 108
• Architecture: 112
• Churches and Icons: 123
• A to Z: 128
• Bibliography: 133
• Performing Arts: 134
• Puppet Theater: 160
• Estrada and Popular Entertainment: 168
• Staged Estrada: 169
• Anecdotes and Jokes: 173
• The Circus: 182
• Choreographed Acrobatics and Clowns: 186
• A to Z: 192
• Bibliography: 198
• Music and Word: 199
• The Bard Movement: 202
• Rock Underground: 207
• Pop Culture: 228
• Estrada and Pop Music: 236
• Youth Culture and Language: 243
• Youth Jargon and Slang: 245
• Swearing: 246
• The First Russian Musical: 249
• Soviet MusicalsThe Revival?: 253
• A to Z: 255
• Bibliography: 262
• Popular Entertainment: 263
• Olympic History: 264
• Team Sports: 268
• Individual Sports: 278
• Winter Sports: 286
• Chess: 291
• Pulp Fiction: 292
• Best Sellers: 295
• Detective Stories: 298
• Soap Operas: 305
• Crimeless Serials: 309
• Bibliography: 314
• Consumer Culture: 316
• Product Advertising: 320
• Investment and Banks: 325
• Social Advertising: 329
• Leisure: 330
• Eating and Drinking: 335
• Clubs and Bars: 337
• Games: 342
• Relaxation and Holidays: 343
• Celebrations: 350
• Public Holidays: 351
• Religious Holidays: 352
• Rites and Rituals: 354
• Fashion: 356
• Haute Couture: 359
• Fashion Design: 363
• A to Z: 367
• Bibliography: 370
• Glossary: 373
• Index: 377
• About the Author: 400

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About the author

Birgit Beumers is a Lecturer at the University of Bristol.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, And Lifestyle; Volume 0 of Pop Culture Russia!; Popular culture in the contemporary world
• Author: Birgit Beumers
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2005
• ISBN: 1851094598, 9781851094592
• Length: 399 pages
• Subjects: Reference / General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Human Geography; Social Science / Popular Culture