Sincerity After Communism: A Cultural History (Eurasia Past and Present) - Tapa dura

Rutten, Ellen

 
9780300213980: Sincerity After Communism: A Cultural History (Eurasia Past and Present)
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ISBN 10: 0300213980 ISBN 13: 9780300213980
Editorial: YALE UNIV PR, 2017

Sinopsis

A compelling study of "new sincerity" as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flows

The global cultural practice of a "new sincerity" in literature, media, art, design, fashion, film, and architecture grew steadily in the wake of the Soviet collapse. Cultural historian Ellen Rutten traces the rise and proliferation of a new rhetoric of sincere social expression characterized by complex blends of unabashed honesty, playfulness, and irony. Insightful and thought provoking, Rutten's masterful study of a sweeping cultural trend with roots in late Soviet Russia addresses postsocialist, postmodern, and postdigital questions of selfhood. The author explores how and why a uniquely Russian artistic and social philosophy was shaped by "cultural memory, commodification, and mediatization," and how, under Putin, "new sincerity" talk merges with transnational pleas to "revive sincerity." This essential study stands squarely at the intersection of the history of emotions, media studies, and post-Soviet studies to shed light on a new cultural reality--one that is profoundly affecting creative thought, artistic expression, and lifestyle virtually everywhere.

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Acerca del autor

Ellen Rutten is a professor of literature and chair of the Slavonic Department at the University of Amsterdam, where she researches post‑Soviet and global contemporary culture, literature and art, design, social media, and memory.

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Editorial
YALE UNIV PR
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300213980
ISBN 13 
9780300213980
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
Contacto del fabricante
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