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Overkill sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture

Title
Overkill [electronic resource] : sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture / Eliot Borenstein.
Author
Borenstein, Eliot, 1966-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 265 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Culture and society after socialism
Uniform Title
Overkill (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Overkill (Online)
  • Sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture
Subject
  • Popular culture > Russia (Federation)
  • Sex in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
  • Violence in popular culture > Russia (Federation)
  • Sex in mass media
  • Violence in mass media
  • Popular literature > Russia (Federation) > History and criticism
  • Post-communism > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-257) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
About that : sex and its metaphors -- Stripping the nation bare : pornography as politics -- Pimping the motherland : Russia bought and sold -- To be continued : death and the art of serial storytelling -- Women who run with the wolves -- Men of action : heroic melodrama and the passion of Mad Dog -- Overkill : bespredel and gratuitous violence -- Conclusion : someone like Putin.
LCCN
2007028831
OCLC
ssj0000529801
Author
Borenstein, Eliot, 1966-
Title
Overkill [electronic resource] : sex and violence in contemporary Russian popular culture / Eliot Borenstein.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series
Culture and society after socialism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-257) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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