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Moscow Prime Time : How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War /

"When Nikita Khrushchev visited Hollywood in 1959 only to be scandalized by a group of scantily clad actresses, his message was blunt: Soviet culture would soon consign the mass culture of the West, epitomized by Hollywood, to the 'dustbin of history.' In Moscow Prime Time, a portrait...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roth-Ey, Kristin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Soviet culture in the media age
  • The Soviet film industry : defining cinematic success after Stalin
  • The new Soviet movie culture
  • What was said when the muses were heard : foreign radio in Soviet contexts
  • Finding a home for television in the USSR
  • Television and authority in Soviet culture.