Overkill : sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture / Eliot Borenstein.

Author/creator Borenstein, Eliot, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Popular culture--Russia (Federation).
Culture--Russia (Federation).
Sex in popular culture--Russia (Federation).
Violence in popular culture--Russia (Federation).
Sex in mass media.
Violence in mass media.
Popular literature--Russia (Federation). --History and criticism.
Post-communism--Social aspects. --Russia (Federation).

Portion of title Sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture
SeriesCulture and society after socialism
Culture and society after socialism. ^A517414
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 Putin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-257) and index.
LCCN 2007028831
ISBN9780801445835 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801445833 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801474033 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801474035 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HM 621 .B67 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold