03113nam 22005655 450 991015741080332120240505175736.0978030022483210.12987/9780300224832(CKB)3710000000984172(MiAaPQ)EBC4773629(StDuBDS)EDZ0001661668(DE-B1597)485979(OCoLC)967266002(DE-B1597)9780300224832(Perlego)1088993(EXLCZ)99371000000098417220190920d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSincerity after Communism A Cultural History /Ellen Rutten1st ed.New Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (304 pages)Eurasia Past and PresentPrevious edition issued in print: 2017.9780300213980 0300213980 9780300224832 0300224834 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Introduction --Chapter One: History --Chapter Two: "But I Want Sincerity So Badly!" --Chapter Three: "I Cried Twice" --Chapter Four: "So New Sincerity" --Conclusion: Sincerity Dreams --Notes --Bibliography --IndexA compelling study of "new sincerity" as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flows The global cultural practice of a "new sincerity" in literature, media, art, design, fashion, film, and architecture grew steadily in the wake of the Soviet collapse. Cultural historian Ellen Rutten traces the rise and proliferation of a new rhetoric of sincere social expression characterized by complex blends of unabashed honesty, playfulness, and irony. Insightful and thought provoking, Rutten's masterful study of a sweeping cultural trend with roots in late Soviet Russia addresses postsocialist, postmodern, and postdigital questions of selfhood. The author explores how and why a uniquely Russian artistic and social philosophy was shaped by "cultural memory, commodification, and mediatization," and how, under Putin, "new sincerity" talk merges with transnational pleas to "revive sincerity." This essential study stands squarely at the intersection of the history of emotions, media studies, and post-Soviet studies to shed light on a new cultural reality-one that is profoundly affecting creative thought, artistic expression, and lifestyle virtually everywhere.Eurasia past and present.CultureRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Intellectual life1991-Culture947.086KK 1050rvkRutten Ellen1249652DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910157410803321Sincerity after Communism2895849UNINA