Words Will Break Cement - The Passion of Pussy Riot

Informationen zum Autor Masha Gessen is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of several books, among them the National Book Award-winning The Future is History and the Samuel Johnson prize-longlisted The Man Without a Face . The recipient of numerous other awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, Gessen lives in New York City. Klappentext On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Dressed in their trademark brightly coloured dresses and balaclavas, the women performed their song 'Punk Prayer - Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!' in front of the altar. The performance lasted only 40 seconds but it resulted in two-year prison sentences for three of the performers - and has turned Pussy Riot into one of the most well-known and important protest movements of the last five years.This necessary and timely book is an account of the Pussy Riot protest, the ensuing global support movement, and the tangled and controversial trial of the band members. It explores the status of dissent in Russia, the roots of the group and their adoption - or appropriation - by wider collectives, feminist groups and music icons. Masha Gessen has unique access to the band and those closest to them. Her unrivalled understanding of the Russian protest movement makes her the ideal writer to document and explain the rage, the beauty and the phenomenon that is Pussy Riot. Zusammenfassung The story of Pussy Riot! punk icons and Russian dissenters! and the untold story of their infamous trial and on-going global significance

Product details

• Authors: Masha Gessen, Gessen Masha
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2014
• EAN: 9781847089342
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-934-2
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Punk, Russia, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Popular Music, Punk, New Wave & Indie, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Demonstrations & protest movements, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet