Soviet Self-Hatred examines the imaginary Russian identities that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Eliot Borenstein shows how these identities are best understood as balanced on a simple axis between pride and shame, shifting in response to Russia's standing in the global community, its anxieties about internal dissension and foreign threats, and its stark socioeconomic inequalities.
Through close readings of Russian fiction, films, jokes, songs, fan culture, and Internet memes, Borenstein identifies and analyzes four distinct types with which Russians identify or project onto others. They are the sovok (the Soviet yokel); the New Russian (the despised, ridiculous nouveau riche), the vatnik (the belligerent, jingoistic patriot), and the Orc (the ultraviolent savage derived from a deliberate misreading of Tolkien's epic). Through these contested identities, Soviet Self-Hatred shows how stories people tell about themselves can, tragically, become the stories that others are forced to live.
Автор: Borenstein Eliot Название: Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy After Socialism ISBN: 1501735772 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501735776 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3881.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultural roots of konspirologiia that run through Russian life. Plots against Russia reveals through dramatic and exciting storytelling that conspiracy and melodrama are entirely equal-opportunity in modern Russia, manifesting themselves among both pro-Putin elites and his political opposition. As Borenstein shows, this paranoid fantasy until recently characterized only the marginal and the irrelevant. Now, through its embodiment in pop culture, the expressions of a conspiratorial worldview are seen everywhere. Plots against Russia is an important contribution to the fields of Russian literary and cultural studies from one of its preeminent voices.
Автор: Eliot Borenstein Название: Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World inside Your Head ISBN: 1501767828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501767821 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5637.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Marvel Comics in the 1970s explores a forgotten chapter in the story of the rise of comics as an art form. Bridging Marvel's dizzying innovations and the birth of the underground comics scene in the 1960s and the rise of the prestige graphic novel and postmodern superheroics in the 1980s, Eliot Borenstein reveals a generation of comic book writers whose work at Marvel in the 1970s established their own authorial voice within the strictures of corporate comics.
Through a diverse cast of heroes (and the occasional antihero)—Black Panther, Shang-Chi, Deathlok, Dracula, Killraven, Man-Thing, and Howard the Duck—writers such as Steve Gerber, Doug Moench, and Don McGregor made unprecedented strides in exploring their characters' inner lives. Visually, dynamic action was still essential, but the real excitement was taking place inside their heroes' heads. Marvel Comics in the 1970s highlights the brilliant and sometimes gloriously imperfect creations that laid the groundwork for the medium's later artistic achievements and the broader acceptance of comic books in the cultural landscape today.
The Russian internet is a hotbed for memes and viral videos: the political, satirical and simply absurd compete for attention in Russia while the West turns to it for an endless reserve of humorous content. But how did this powerful cyber community grow out of the repressive media environment of the Soviet Union? What does this viral content reveal about the country, its politics and its culture? And why are the memes and videos of today's Russia so popular, spreading so rapidly across the globe?
Award-winning author Eliot Borenstein explores the explosive online movement and unpicks, for the first time, the role of mimetic content and digital activism in modern Russian history up to the present day.
Автор: Borenstein, Eliot, Название: Men without women : ISBN: 0822325926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822325925 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In Men without Women Eliot Borenstein examines the literature of the early Soviet period to shed new light on the iconic Russian concept of comradeship. By analyzing a variety of Russian writers who span the ideological spectrum, Borenstein provides an illuminating reading of the construction of masculinity in Soviet culture. In each example he identifies the replacement of blood ties with ideology and the creation of a social order in which the family has been supplanted by the collective. In such works as Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel, Envy by Yuri Olesha, and Chevengur by Andrei Platonov women are either absent or transformed into bodiless abstractions. Their absence, claims Borenstein, reflects the masculine values that are hallmarks of the post-revolutionary era: production rather than reproduction, participation in history rather than domestic ahistoricity, heavy industry, construction, and struggle. He identifies in this literature groups of “men without women” replacing the family, even while the metaphor of family is used as an organizing feature of their recurring revolutionary missions. With the passage of time, these characters’ relationships—just as those in the Soviet culture of the time—begin to resemble the family structure that was originally rejected and destroyed, with one important exception: the new “families” had no place for women. According to Borenstein, this masculinist myth found its most congenial audience during the early period of communism, but its hostility to women and family ties could not survive into the Stalinist era when women, home, and family were no longer seen as antithetical to socialism. Drawing on the theory and writings of Levi-Strauss, Girard, Sedgwick, and others, Men Without Women will be of interest to students and scholars of Slavic literature and history as well as specialists in literary theory and gender studies.
Автор: Borenstein, Professor Eliot (new York University, Usa) Название: Pussy riot ISBN: 1350113549 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350113541 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 8168.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Both more and less than a band, Pussy Riot is continually misunderstood by the Western media. This book sets the record straight.
After their scandalous performance of an anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the imprisonment of two of its members, the punk feminist art collective known as Pussy Riot became an international phenomenon. But, what, exactly, is Pussy Riot, and what are they trying to achieve? The award-winning author Eliot Borenstein explores the movement's explosive history and takes you beyond the hype.
Автор: Borenstein, Professor Eliot (new York University, Usa) Название: Pussy riot ISBN: 1350113530 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350113534 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 2078.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bringing together cutting-edge scholarship from the United States and Europe, Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s is an interdisciplinary anthology addressing the political and cultural responses to the arms race of the 1980s, thereby making a fundamental contribution to the emerging historiography of the 1980s.
Автор: Eliot Borenstein Название: Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism ISBN: 1501716336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501716331 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 16302.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultural roots of konspirologiia that run through Russian life. Plots against Russia reveals through dramatic and exciting storytelling that conspiracy and melodrama are entirely equal-opportunity in modern Russia, manifesting themselves among both pro-Putin elites and his political opposition. As Borenstein shows, this paranoid fantasy until recently characterized only the marginal and the irrelevant. Now, through its embodiment in pop culture, the expressions of a conspiratorial worldview are seen everywhere. Plots against Russia is an important contribution to the fields of Russian literary and cultural studies from one of its preeminent voices.
Автор: Borenstein, Eliot Название: Overkill ISBN: 0801474035 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801474033 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4975.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Perestroika and the end of the Soviet Union transformed every aspect of life in Russia, and as hope began to give way to pessimism, popular culture came to reflect the anxiety and despair felt by more and more Russians. Free from censorship for the first time in Russia's history, the popular culture industry (publishing, film, and television) began to disseminate works that featured increasingly explicit images and descriptions of sex and violence.
In Overkill, Eliot Borenstein explores this lurid and often-disturbing cultural landscape in close, imaginative readings of such works as You're Just a Slut, My Dear! (Ty prosto shliukha, dorogaia!), a novel about sexual slavery and illegal organ harvesting; the Nympho trilogy of books featuring a Chechen-fighting sex addict; and the Mad Dog and Antikiller series of books and films recounting, respectively, the exploits of the Russian Rambo and an assassin killing in the cause of justice. Borenstein argues that the popular cultural products consumed in the post-perestroika era were more than just diversions; they allowed Russians to indulge their despair over economic woes and everyday threats. At the same time, they built a notion of nationalism or heroism that could be maintained even under the most miserable of social conditions, when consumers felt most powerless.
For Borenstein, the myriad depictions of deviance in pornographic and also detectiv fiction, with their patently excessive and appalling details of social and moral decay, represented the popular culture industry's response to the otherwise unimaginable scale of Russia's national collapse. "The full sense of collapse," he writes, "required a panoptic view that only the media and culture industry were eager to provide, amalgamating national collapse into one master narrative that would then be readily available to most individuals as a framework for understanding their own suffering and their own fears."
Автор: Lorna Borenstein Название: Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring ISBN: 1735983705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735983707 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 7720.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring thoughtfully examines the Human Connection Movementa? in the workplace, which is fueled by a growing desire among employees to feel more connected to one another and as a result, better connected to their jobs. This movement, which is especially important given the challenges of todays new work-from-home environment, has transformed the role of employers into the benefactors of wellbeing. Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring serves as a strategic and tactical guide for company leaders who want to embrace this transformational change, improve employee engagement, and drive business results. Written by Lorna Borenstein, founder and CEO of the on-demand wellbeing engagement solution Grokker, Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring can be used by leaders to justify why creating a caring environment is a vital corporate strategy -- not just because its the right thing to do but because its the smart thing to do. The chapters have been organized to build one from the next, starting with an examination of employees changing needs and concluding with the practical aspects of managing workforce culture and benefits. In addition to the authors insights a backed by a combination of data and real-world experience a Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring includes testimonials from business leaders at the most innovative employers, showcasing real-world examples of organizational caring in action. These guest perspectives from leaders at companies such as Aetna, Southwest Airlines, and Morningstar, each expound on a topic, key idea, or issue from within the chapter, helping to reinforce the books unique global perspective. Designed to help readers understand the context for caring a why now is the time to take a fresh look at the employer/employee relationship a and appreciate leaderships role in not only culture change but in improving the life and work experiences of employees, Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring is at once inspirational, practical, and timely. The book will be appreciated by even the most time-crunched and under-resourced readers who want to "do the right thing" for their employees.
Автор: Laurence Minsky, Lorna Borenstein Название: Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring ISBN: 1735983713 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735983714 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4288.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring thoughtfully examines the Human Connection Movementa? in the workplace, which is fueled by a growing desire among employees to feel more connected to one another and as a result, better connected to their jobs. This movement, which is especially important given the challenges of todays new work-from-home environment, has transformed the role of employers into the benefactors of wellbeing. Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring serves as a strategic and tactical guide for company leaders who want to embrace this transformational change, improve employee engagement, and drive business results. Written by Lorna Borenstein, founder and CEO of the on-demand wellbeing engagement solution Grokker, Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring can be used by leaders to justify why creating a caring environment is a vital corporate strategy -- not just because its the right thing to do but because its the smart thing to do. The chapters have been organized to build one from the next, starting with an examination of employees changing needs and concluding with the practical aspects of managing workforce culture and benefits. In addition to the authors insights a backed by a combination of data and real-world experience a Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring includes testimonials from business leaders at the most innovative employers, showcasing real-world examples of organizational caring in action. These guest perspectives from leaders at companies such as Aetna, Southwest Airlines, and Morningstar, each expound on a topic, key idea, or issue from within the chapter, helping to reinforce the books unique global perspective. Designed to help readers understand the context for caring a why now is the time to take a fresh look at the employer/employee relationship a and appreciate leaderships role in not only culture change but in improving the life and work experiences of employees, Its Personal: The Business Case for Caring is at once inspirational, practical, and timely. The book will be appreciated by even the most time-crunched and under-resourced readers who want to "do the right thing" for their employees.
