{"product_id":"men-out-of-focus-9781487505257","title":"Men Out of Focus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen Out of Focus examines how and why the Soviet public came to worry openly about the state of masculinity during the 1950s and 1960s  and how a perceived crisis really stood in for broader fears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Men Out of Focus presents a diverse range of films and other cultural materials to provide a snapshot of Soviet cultural history with global implications. Written in a lively style, it is accessible to the general reader, just as the inclusion of numerous translated political cartoons prove quite enjoyable. The specialist, too, will appreciate Dumančić’s heterogeneous selection of films.\" -- Jess Jensen Mitchell * H-Soz-Kult *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating piece of work, meticulously researched and detailed, yet thoroughly accessible. While Dumančić’s main source is Soviet cinema, it would be doing this book a great disservice to see it only as a book about men on film. The wide variety of sources taken from different cultural genres and political discourses, the consideration of multiple facets of contemporary Soviet life, and the effort, especially in the final chapter, to situate the Soviet case among developments elsewhere in Europe, means that this is a seminal book which offers a richly textured analysis of Soviet society that goes far beyond the silver screen.\" -- Claire McCallum, University of Exeter * \u003cem\u003eThe Russian Review \u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e“Dumančić combines close textual analysis with corroborating material, including cartoons in the satirical journal, Krokodil, and debates within the Union of Cinematographers. The result is a nuanced and perceptive monograph which offers readers an insight into the gender norms that allowed sexual inequality to thrive.\" -- Simon Huxtable * \u003cem\u003eContemporary European History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Marko Dumančicì’s first book has been much anticipated in Soviet gender history, and it does not disappoint… Men Out of Focus is an excellent contribution to Soviet cultural history and film studies that enriches each of the many fields it touches.\" -- Erica L. Fraser, Carleton University * \u003cem\u003eJournal of Family History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e“Marko Dumančić’s first book has been much anticipated in Soviet gender history, and it does not disappoint. Showing an admirable facility with film studies, gender analysis, cultural methodology, and the dynamic terrain of Soviet history in the two decades after the 1953 death of Joseph Stalin, Dumančić offers a deeply researched and persuasively argued portrait of the Soviet gender order from about 1953 to 1968.” -- Erica L. Fraser, Carleton University * \u003cem\u003eJournal of Family History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e“Dumančić is fluent in the social history of the ‘long sixties’ and is to be praised for his focus on popular films, which are quite illuminating in presenting a view of Soviet masculinity different from either Stalinist heroes or the tortured heroes in art films.” -- Denise J. Youngblood, University of Vermont * \u003cem\u003eWomen East-West\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e“Marko Dumančić’s monograph arrives at a most timely moment … The author is to be congratulated also for the sheer range of his sources, from literary texts to the cultural media, from discussions of films to their reception by the Party ideologues and the public, and from academic studies to archival and documentary materials.” -- David Gillespie * \u003cem\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgments    Introduction: Soviet Men in Need of Saving?   1. What Was Stalinist Masculinity and Why Did It Change?   2. Being a Dad Is Not for Sissies   3. Fathers versus Sons, or, the Great Soviet Family in Trouble    4. The Trouble with Women: Consumerism and the Death of Rugged Masculinity   5. Our Friend the Atom? Science as a Threat to Masculinity   6. De-Heroization and the Pan-European Masculinity Crisis   Epilogue: The End of the Long Sixties and the Fate of the Superfluous Man   Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409142489431,"sku":"9781487505257","price":46.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487505257.jpg?v=1730505595","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/men-out-of-focus-9781487505257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}