Autorentext

David Gillespie is Professor of Russian at the University of Bath, UK.

Klappentext

This book explores the phenomenon of violence in Russian culture, showing how violence has been a legitimate articulation of masculinity in Russia, and how popular attitudes towards violence have differed from those in the west, with Russians often approving of violence and of macho, militaristic political leadership.

Inhalt

Introduction: The problem of violence in culture 1. Men of Violence in Soviet Culture 2. The Beginning of the End: the Violence of Glasnost 3. The Killer Prose of Vladimir Sorokin 4. Alexei Balabanov: Murder and the Gaze 5. Women's Works:Real and Unreal Men 6. The Goodfellas of Post-Soviet Russian TV 7. Conclusion