Overkill : Sex and Violence in Contemporary Russian Popular Culture /

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Perestroika and the end of the Soviet Union transformed every aspect of life in Russia, and as hope began to give way to pessimism, popular culture came to reflect the anxiety and despair felt by many Russians. In 'Overkill' Borenstein explores the lurid and often-disturbing landscape of m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borenstein, Eliot, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sexualverhalten
Pornografie
Gewalt
Violence in popular culture.
Violence in mass media.
Sex in popular culture.
Sex in mass media.
Post-communism > Social aspects.
Popular literature.
Popular culture.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Popular literature > Russia (Federation) > History and criticism.
Violence in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
Sex in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
Culture > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Popular culture > Russia (Federation)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Postcommunisme > Aspect social > Russie.
Paralitterature > Russie > Histoire et critique.
Violence dans les medias.
Sexualite dans les medias.
Violence dans la culture populaire > Russie.
Sexualite dans la culture populaire > Russie.
Culture populaire > Russie.
Russland.
Russland
Russia (Federation)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • About that : sex and its metaphors
  • Stripping the nation bare : pornography as politics
  • Pimping the motherland : Russia bought and sold
  • To be continued : death and the art of serial storytelling
  • Women who run with the wolves
  • Men of action : heroic melodrama and the passion of Mad Dog
  • Overkill : bespredel and gratuitous violence
  • Conclusion : someone like Putinches.

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