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Cinema and Soviet Society From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin

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ISBN-10: 1860645682

ISBN-13: 9781860645686

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Kenez, Birgit Beumers, Lilya Kaganovsky

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In this updated edition of his classic text, Kenez covers the roots of Soviet cinema in the film heritage of pre-Revolutionary Russia, tracing the changes generated by the Revolution of 1917.
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Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 12/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.880

Geoff Mayer is reader and associate professor in cinema studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Publications include The Oxford Companion to Australian Filmand The New Australian Cinema. Keith Beattie is lecturer in the School of History, Heritage, and Society at Deakin University, Melbourne.Birgit Beumers is Senior Lecturer in the Russian Department at Bristol University. Her publications include Burnt by the Sun (2000) and PopCulture: Russia! (2005).

List of Illustrations
General Editor's Preface
Preface to the New Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Golden Age
Cinema Before October
The Birth of the Soviet Film Industry
The Films of the Golden Age, 1925-9
Reaching the People, 1925-9
The Age of Stalin
The Cultural Revolution in Cinema
The Industry, 1933-41
Censorship, 1933-41
Socialist Realism, 1933-41
Films of World War II
The Death of Soviet Film
Film Hunger, 1945-53
The Nadir, 1945-53
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Filmography
Index