Soviet Hieroglyphics: Visual Culture in Late Twentieth-century Russia - Softcover

This collection of essays addresses post-1985 Russian culture. Based on papers presented at a conference on contemporary Russian culture, held at the School of Slavonic Studies and at the British Film Institute in London in 1993, this book places particular emphasis on visual culture, especially film and television. Essays include studies of television coverage of the August putsch, Russian cultural politics since perestroika, Muratova's films and Govorukhin's documentaries. This work features contributions from leading Russian scholars and cultural theorists, including Helen Goscilo, Katerina Clark and Mikhail Iampolski.

NANCY CONDEE is on the faculty of the Slavic Department at the University of Pittsburgh. With her husband, Vladimir Padunov, she has directed the Working Group on Contemporary Russian Culture. She is co-author (with Padunov) of articles on Russian cultural politics in October, Framework, The Nation, and New Left Review and in numerous Russian publications.