Real Images: Soviet Cinema and the Thaw

by Josephine Woll

Overview

During ""the thaw"" from Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s and Khrushchev's rule, Soviet society experienced major transformations. So did films. In this first comprehensive account of the relationship between politics and cinema in this period, Josephine Woll skillfully interweaves cultural history with film analysis to explore how movies at once responded to the changes around them and helped engender them. She considers dozens of individual films within the context of Khrushchev's policies and the artistic foment they inspired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780755605835
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Series:	KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Josephine Woll is Professor of German and Russian at Howard University, Washington D.C.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Status, power and display: excess; cruelty and power; simplicity; imperfection; eco. Part 2 Violence and provocation: ultra style/ultra violence; gangsters; gangstas; skinheads; punks; heroin chic; decadence and decay. Part 3 The eroticized body: underwear as outerwear; eroticism; fetish; the brutalized body; flesh; skin. Part 4 Gender and subversion: new woman; dressing up - woman; dressing up - man; unisex; androgyny.

Editorial Reviews

."" . . both a history and a critical survey. Its coverage of the political and cultural background is impressive!""--Jane A. Taubman, The Slavic and East European Journal

""Woll's book constitutes an impressive contribution to Soviet film history.""-- Slavic Review

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