Post-Stalinist Cinema and the Russian Intelligentsia, 1953-1960 - Strategies of Self-Representation, De-Stalinization, and the National Cultural Tradition - Softcover

Kapterev, Sergei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836458861 ISBN 13: 9783836458863

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K., 2008

Synopsis

Political, social and cultural changes brought about by the reforms undertaken in the Soviet Union after Stalin's death, have been an object of extensive studies. However, the period's cinema - a key provider of ideological support to the reformist project - has received less systematic attention. This book regards the films produced in the early post-Stalin period as articulation of the Russian cultural tradition associated with the values of the intelligentsia, a champion of the reforms. Representations of the intelligentsia's worldview are examined in the framework of the concord between this socio-cultural group and its political superiors and as images conditioned by its traditional view of itself as the cultural and moral leader. The first part of the book focuses on the relationship of stylistic changes produced by the loosening of the Soviet aesthetic doctrine to the intelligentsia's mentality. The second part reviews representations of the intelligentsia's vision of history, particularly in films about the Second World War. The book is aimed at scholars and students in the fields of cinema studies, Russian and Soviet history and culture, and intellectual history.

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About the Author:

PhD in Cinema Studies, New York University. Senior Researcher at the Institute for Cinema Art, Moscow.

About this edition

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3836458861
• ISBN 13: 9783836458863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420