Review
"The Companion is a useful tool... It provides neat introductions to the familiar faces and movements in Russian artistic history..." Susan Costanzo, H-Net Reviews
"...these wide-ranging and stimulating essays synthesize modern scholarship, provide useful material for the specialist, and serve as a helpful reference work for the reader already familiar with modern Russian culture." Robert C. Williams, Slavic Review
"[The book] will be utterly useful and enjoyable for students and individuals with advanced knowledge of Russia as well as for Slavic scholars." Victoria Richter, Slavic and East European Journal
Book Description
This volume offers an introduction to Russian culture in all its rich diversity, including the historical conditions that helped shape it and the arts that express its highest achievements. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars explore language, religion, geography, ideological structures, folk ethos and popular culture, literature, music, theater, art, and film. A chronology and guides to further reading are also provided. Overall, the volume reveals, for students, scholars and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths, and complexities of the Russian cultural experience.
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Russia is a dominant force in the world, yet its culture has been shaped by tensions involved in its unique position on the margins of both East and West. As Russia faces the latest cultural challenge from outside its national boundaries, this volume introduces Russian culture in all its rich diversity, including the historical conditions that helped shape it and the arts that express its highest achievements. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars explore language, religion, geography, ideological structures, folk ethos and popular culture, literature, music, theatre, art, and film. Overall, the volume reveals, for students, scholars, and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths, and complexities of the Russian cultural experience.
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture FROM THE PUBLISHER
Russia is a dominant force in the world, yet its culture has been shaped by tensions involved in its unique position on the margins of both East and West. As Russia faces the latest cultural challenge from outside its national boundaries, this volume introduces Russian culture in all its rich diversity, including the historical conditions that helped shape it and the arts that express its highest achievements. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars explore language, religion, geography, ideological structures, folk ethos and popular culture, literature, music, theatre, art, and film. Overall, the volume reveals, for students, scholars, and all those interested in Russia, the dilemmas, strengths, and complexities of the Russian cultural experience.
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