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This book presents a side of Russian life that is largely unknown to the West - the world of popular culture. By surveying detective and science fiction, popular songs, jokes, box office movie hits, stage, radio and television, Professor Richard Stites introduces the people and cultural products that are household words to Russian people. Spanning the entire twentieth century, the author examines the subcultures that draw upon and enrich Russian popular culture. He explores the relationship between popular culture and the national and social values of the masses, including their heroes and myths, and assesses the phenomenon of the celebrity from the silent screen star to the latest rock music idol. Richard Stites pays particular attention to the dramatic battle between elite and popular culture and to the intervention of revolutions, wars, and the state in the production and control of this culture.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Russian Popular Culture
• Subtitle: Entertainment and Society since 1900
• Author: Richard Stites
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 287
• EAN: 9780521362146
• ISBN: 9780521362146
• ID: 08032645
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 556 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 157 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. August 1992

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