{"product_id":"blockbuster-history-in-the-new-russia-movies-memory-and-patriotism-hardback-9780253006790","title":"Blockbuster History in the New Russia; Movies, Memory, and Patriotism (Hardback) 9780253006790","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlockbuster History in the New Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMovies, Memory, and Patriotism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen M. Norris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253006790\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e406 pages, 27 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlockbuster History in the New Russia . . . should be on the reading list of every student of contemporary Russian culture. . . . The book is a pleasure to read. Norris is an excellent storyteller who appropriately and elegantly introduces thousands of details into his narrative to keep the reader interested.\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavic and East European Journal) \u003cp\u003eNorris, as a historian, conducts a thorough research study using primary and secondary sources. . . . He assembles a huge amount of materials and organizes them in a logical way, following several tracks but never losing sight of the main argument. For all its complexity, the book is an easy read thanks to its light prose, spiced with humor and subtle irony.\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavic Review) \u003cp\u003eThe book stands out among the growing film scholarship on the period by virtue of the fact that its author is an historian, which allows him to contextualize particularly well the films he analyses, and also for its valuable attention to the recent development of Russian cinema as an industry, and how that development has influenced the trajectory of Russian cinema as an art form. . . . Overall, Blockbuster History should be of great interest and value to students and scholars not only of Russian cinema, but of the cultural politics of twenty-first century Russia more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavonica) \u003cp\u003eStephen Norris has produced a valuable book based on extensive research.\u003c\/p\u003e (History: Reviews of New Books) \u003cp\u003eStephen Norris's book provides an excellent survey of an important trend in Russian cinema in the last fifteen years: the blockbuster.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Russian Review) \u003cp\u003eBlockbuster History is not merely a study of the appropriation of a Hollywood genre by Russian cinema, but also, and more importantly, an analysis of modern Russia's political conflicts, protest movements, memory and national identity as seen through the prism of film.\u003c\/p\u003e (Times Literary Supplement TLS) \u003cp\u003eNorris's writing style has a breeziness that makes all of this material go down easily. Nevertheless, his work is based on impressive and thoroughly cited research.\u003c\/p\u003e (Film \u0026amp; History) \u003cp\u003e[Norris] offers a compact and legible inventory of the [historic cinematic] experiment . . . .Jan. 2014\u003c\/p\u003e (H-Soz-u-Kult)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history. Unsettled by the government's move toward market capitalism, Russians embraced these historical blockbusters, packing the American-style multiplexes that sprouted across the country. Stephen M. Norris examines the connections among cinema, politics, economics, history, and patriotism in the creation of \"blockbuster history\"—the adaptation of an American cinematic style to Russian historical epics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: Multiplexing Russia\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. The Russia That We Lost\u003cbr\u003e 2. The First Blockbuster of the New Nation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Terrorism Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wars and Gambits\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Requiem for Communism\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. The Price of War\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mirror of War\u003cbr\u003e 7. Playing with History\u003cbr\u003ePart 3. Back in the USSR\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Blessed Blockbuster\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Soviet Horror Show\u003cbr\u003ePart 4. Fantasy Pop History\u003cbr\u003e 10. Animating the Past\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Look of Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Business of Patriotism\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Production of the Past\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusion: Packaging the Past\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523559878936,"sku":"9780253006790","price":56.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/blockbuster-history-in-the-new-russia-movies-memory-and-patriotism-hardback-9780253006790","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}