Beumers, Birgit,

Pop culture Russia! : media, arts, and lifestyle / Birgit Beumers. - Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, (c)2005. (Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (15 entries) : 109 images, digital files. - Popular culture in the contemporary world .

Includes bibliographical references.

The media -- Visual culture -- Performing arts -- Music and word -- Popular entertainment -- Consumer culture.

Pop Culture Russia! introduces readers to the fascinating, often surprising, post-Soviet cultural landscape. With chapters on media, the arts, recreation, religion, and consumerism, the book offers an insightful survey of Russian mass culture from the death of Stalin in 1953 to the present, exploring the historical significance of important events and trends, as well as the social and political contexts from which they emerged.



9781849723879




Mass media--History.--Russia (Federation)
Popular culture--History.--Russia (Federation)
Popular culture--History.--Soviet Union


Electronic books.

DK510 / .P673 2012 DK510