The Zero Hour: Glasnost and Soviet Cinema in Transition

Contents......Page 10
List of Illustrations......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction: Period of Adjustment......Page 34
Part One. Glasnost: Back to the Present......Page 62
Chapter 1. Back to the Present: (Re)presenting the Soviet Past in Feature Films......Page 64
Chapter 2. \"We Are Your Children\": Soviet Youth, Cinema, and Changing Values......Page 98
Chapter 3. \"Wherever Will I Begin?\" Soviet Women in Cinema and on Film......Page 130
Part Two. Glasnost: Down with Stuttering......Page 156
Chapter 4. Is It Easy to Be Honest? Glasnost in the Documentary Film......Page 158
Chapter 5. Down with Stuttering: Soviet Popular Genres and the New Film Language......Page 188
Chapter 6. From Accusatory to Joyful Laughter: Restructuring the Soviet Comic-Satiric Muse......Page 218
Part Three. The Islands of the Continent......Page 248
Chapter 7. The Islands of the Continent: A Revised Map for Ethnic Cinemas......Page 250
In Place of a Conclusion: The Zero Hour......Page 276
Filmography......Page 282
Bibliography......Page 294
Index......Page 308