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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791995503321

Autore

Vatulescu Cristina <1976->

Titolo

Police aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : literature, film, and the secret police in Soviet times / / Cristina Vatulescu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7572-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6556

Soggetti

Russian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Russian literature - Political aspects

Romanian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Romanian literature - Political aspects

Intelligence service - Soviet Union - History

Intelligence service - Romania - History

Literature and state - Soviet Union

Motion pictures - Political aspects - Soviet Union

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Arresting biographies : the personal file in the Soviet Union and Romania -- The master and Margarita : the devil's secret police file -- Early Soviet cinema's shots at policing -- Secret police shots at filmmaking : the gulag and cinema -- Literary theory and the secret police : writing and estranging the self.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking advantage of the partial opening of secret police archives in Russia and Romania, Police Aesthetics explores the intersections between culture and policing in Soviet times.