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Charms of the Cynical Reason : Tricksters in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture /

The impetus for Charms of the Cynical Reason is the phenomenal and little-explored popularity of various tricksters flourishing in official and unofficial Soviet culture, as well as in the post-soviet era. Mark Lipovetsky interprets this puzzling phenomenon through analysis of the most remarkable an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lipovetsky, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2016]
Colección:Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. AT THE HEART OF SOVIET CIVILIZATION
  • 2. KHULIO KHURENITO : THE TRICKSTER'S REVOLUTION
  • 3. OSTAP BENDER: THE KING IS BORN
  • 4. BURATINO : THE UTOPIA OF A FREE MARIONETTE
  • 5. VENICHKA: A TRAGIC TRICKSTER
  • 6. TRICKSTERS IN DISGUISE: THE TRICKSTER'S TRANSFORMATION S IN THE SOVIET FILM OF THE 1960s-70s
  • 7. SPLITTING THE TRICKSTER: PELEVIN'S SHAPE-SHIFTERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX