{"product_id":"cinemasaurus-russian-film-in-contemporary-context-9781644692714","title":"Cinemasaurus: Russian Film in Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCinemasaurus \u003c\/em\u003eexamines contemporary Russian cinema as a new visual economy, emerging over three decades after the Soviet collapse.  Focusing on debates and films exhibited at Russian and US public festivals where the films have premiered, the volume's contributors—the new generation of US scholars studying Russian cinema—examine four issues of Russia's transition: (1) its imperial legacy, (2) the emergence of a film market and its new genres, (3) Russia's uneven integration into European values and hierarchies, (4) the renegotiation of state power \u003cem\u003evis-à-vis\u003c\/em\u003e arthouse and independent cinemas.  An introductory essay frames each of the four sections, with 90 films total under discussion, concluding with a historical timeline and five interviews of key film-industry figures formative of the historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"With these crisscrossing themes and trajectories, \u003c\/i\u003eCinemasaurus\u003ci\u003e carefully traces a nuanced picture of multiple, often contradictory, tendencies in Russian film today. It looks equally to the past and future; and it investigates features both little and large, both peripheral and imperial. For these reasons, the editors and contributors are to be congratulated alike. Ideally suited to cinema survey classes, \u003c\/i\u003eCinemasaurus\u003ci\u003e will offer clarity to both students and scholars, and it will prompt substantial future research.\"\u003cb\u003e - Studies in European Cinema\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In its broad intellectual ambition, and in the consistently informed and incisive essays of the young scholars whom [Condee] has nurtured, this handsomely produced volume is also a salute to her own inestimable contribution to our understanding of contemporary Russian cinema and society.\"\u003cb\u003e - Russian Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword Stephen M. Norris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Transliteration and Translations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCinemasaurus: Introduction Nancy Condee, Alexander Prokhorov, and Elena Prokhorova\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One. Borders of Imperial Desire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFraming Essay Nancy Condee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Imperial Fatigue: Somnambulants, Ghosts, and Monsters Olga Kim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Empire Reloaded: Sacred Power in a Postmodern Era Justin Wilmes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Russia's Quiet Other: Dmitrii Mamuliia's \u003cem\u003eAnother Sky\u003c\/em\u003e and Aleksandr Kott's \u003cem\u003eThe Test\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eEllina Sattarova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Two. Hilarity and Horror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFraming Essay Alexander Prokhorov and Elena Prokhorova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e4. Laughing Apocalypse: Horror and\/as Comedy Daria Ezerova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e5. Eccentricity, Theatricality, and the Grotesque Robert Crane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e6. Privatized Violence in the New Russian Cinema Denis Saltykov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Three. Evropsk or Russia?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFraming Essay Seth Graham\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e7. Fragments of Empire: The Heartland in Post-Soviet Film Zhanna Budenkova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e8. Russia on the Margins? Tetyana Shlikhar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e8. Contending Alterities: Drag Show, Roma Camp . . .  Trevor Wilson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Four. The Ideological Occult \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eFraming Essay Petre Petrov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e9. Past, Present, and Posthumous Fathers: Cinepaternity Reloaded Theodora Trimble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e10. New Auteurism: The Case of Mikhalkov and Bekmambetov Olga Mukhortova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e11. \u003cem\u003eElki\u003c\/em\u003e: The Most Profitable Franchise of the Putin Era Beach Gray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart Five. Interviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e12. The Mediascape: Alexander Rodnyansky (CEO, AR Films, Non-Stop Production)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e13. The Festival: Sitora Alieva (Program Director, Kinotavr)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e14. The Exhibition Space: Paul Heth (CEO, Rising Star Media; Karo Film Holding)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e15. The Film Journal: Birgit Beumers (\u003cem\u003eKinoKultura\u003c\/em\u003e, UK)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e16. The Film Symposium: Vladimir Padunov (Russian Film Symposium, US)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eKino-Grafik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes on the Contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359906005335,"sku":"9781644692714","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781644692714.jpg?v=1754126076","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinemasaurus-russian-film-in-contemporary-context-9781644692714","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}