Russian Americans' in Soviet Film: Cinematic Dialogues Between the US and the USSR (KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema)
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- Synopsis
- Certain aspects of American culture had a formative influence on early Soviet identity and aspirations. Popular films and translated adventure fiction from the United States were warmly received in 1920s Russia and partly shaped ideals of the New Soviet Man and Woman into the 1940s. Cinema was crucial to propagating this new social hero. In Soviet Socialist Realist films, certain positive heroes and heroines are noticeably similar to the American stars Douglas Fairbanks, Pearl White and Mary Pickford. Other films represent the contemporary Stalinist trope of the 'Russian American' – an ideal worker exemplifying revolutionary zeal and American efficiency. Surveying over 60 Soviet and American films, and bringing new archival research to light, the book explores fresh territory in Soviet cinema and Soviet-American relations.
- Copyright:
- 2015
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780857729699
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781784530310
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 01/24/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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