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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810725003321

Titolo

Pride and panic [[electronic resource] ] : Russian imagination of the West in Post-Soviet film / / Yana Hashamova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; ; Chicago, : Intellect Books, c2007

ISBN

1-280-76298-5

9786610762989

1-84150-959-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HashamovaYana

Disciplina

791.430947

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Russia (Federation)

Social classes - Russia (Federation) - History

National characteristics, Russian, in motion pictures

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

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; The Western Other (Foe and Friend): Screening Temptations and Fears; The Russian Hero: Fantasies of Wounded National Pride; Mobilizing Internal Forces: The Idealized Past and Culture; (Im)possible Relationships: Looking for the Other; West, East, and Russia: Ambivalence, Reflection, and Traversing the Fantasy; The West and Beyond; Bibliography; Filmography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Through the looking-glass of Russian national cinema, Pride and Panic explores Russia's anxious adjustment towards the expansion of Western culture. Russian film is shown, in both its creation and perception, to expose the intriguing dynamics of societal psychological conditions.