Cinema, State Socialism and Society in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1917-1989: Re-Visions

235 Pages·2014·18.088 MB·English

by  Sanja Bahun (editor), John Haynes (editor)

Cinema, State Socialism and Society
in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,
–
1917 1989
This book presents a comprehensive re-examination of the cinemas of the
Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe during the communist era. It
argues that since the end of communism in these countries, film scholars are
able toview these cinemas in a different way, no longer bound by an outlook
relying on binary Cold War terms. With the opening of archives in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union, much more is known about these states
and societies; at the same time,thefield has been reinvigorated byits opening
up to more contemporary concepts, themes and approaches in film studies
and adjacent disciplines. Taking stock of these developments, this book pre-
sents a rich, varied tapestry, relating individual films to specific national and
transnational circumstances, rather thanviewing them as a single, monolithic
“Cold War communist” cinema.
Sanja Bahun is a Senior Lecturer in Literature and Film at the University of
Essex, UK.
John Haynes is a Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Essex, UK.
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Roy Allison, St Antony’s College, Oxford
BirgitBeumers,DepartmentofTheatre,FilmandTelevisionStudies,University
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Richard Connolly, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University
of Birmingham
Terry Cox, Department of Central and East European Studies, University of
Glasgow
Peter Duncan, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University
College London
Zoe Knox, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester
Rosalind Marsh, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages,
University of Bath
David Moon, Department of History, University of York
Hilary Pilkington, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
Graham Timmins, Department of Politics, University of Birmingham
Stephen White, Department of Politics, Universityof Glasgow
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Cinema, State Socialism and
Society in the Soviet Union and
–
Eastern Europe, 1917 1989
Re-Visions
Edited by
Sanja Bahun and John Haynes