Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Rzhevsky is Professor and Chairman of the Department of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Klappentext A fully updated new edition of this overview of contemporary Russia and the influence of its Soviet past. Zusammenfassung This highly successful Companion has now been updated to include post-Soviet trends and new developments in Russian culture of the twenty-first century in this second edition. Each chapter has been revised or rewritten to take account of current conditions and the further reading brought up to date. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction to Russian culture Nicholas Rzhevsky; Part I. Cultural Identity: 1. Language Dean S. Worth and Michael S. Flier; 2. Religion Dmitry S. Likhachev and Nicholas Rzhevsky; 3. Asia Mark Bassin; 4. Boundaries: the West Timothy Westphalen; 5. Ideological structures Abbott Gleason; 6. Popular culture Catriona Kelly; Part II. Literature and the Arts: 7. Literature David M. Bethea; 8. Art John E. Bowlt; 9. Music Harlow Robinson; 10. Theatre Laurence Senelick; 11. Film Nikita Lary; Further reading; Index.

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• Authors: Nicholas Rzhevsky, Nicholas (State University of New York Rzhevsky, Rzhevsky Nicholas
• Assisted by: Nicholas Rzhevsky (Editor), Nicholas (State University of New York Rzhevsky (Editor), Rzhevsky Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107002524
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00252-4
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture; Cambridge Companions to Culture; Cambridge Companions to Cultur
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Slavonic linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Russia, The arts: general issues, ART / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, The arts: general topics