New Soviet man : gender and masculinity in Stalinist Soviet cinema / John Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, John, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History.

Motion pictures.

Soviet Union.

History.

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Men in motion pictures.

Sex role in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

viii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

This is the first full-length study of masculinity in Stalinist Soviet cinema. A detailed analysis of Stalinist discourse examines the imagined relationship between the patriarch Stalin and his "model sons" in the key genre cycles of the era: from the capital to the collective farms, and ultimately to the very borders of the Soviet state. Informed by contemporary and present day debates over the social and cultural significance of cinema and masculinity, this book draws on a range of theoretical and comparative material to produce engaging and accessible readings accounting for both the appeal of--and the inherent potential for subversion within--films produced by the Stalinist culture industry.

Contents:

1 Why men, and why Stalinist cinema? 1

2 Cultural revolution, or the masculinisation of culture 30

3 Urban myths: the musical comedies of Grigorii Aleksandrov 68

4 Countryphile: men in labour in the collective farm comedies of Ivan Pyr'ev 115

5 Brothers in arms: the changing face of the Soviet soldier in Stalinist cinema 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-199) and index.

ISBN:

0719062373

0719062381

OCLC:

51867984