Description
A Companion to Russian Cinema provides an exhaustive and carefully organised guide to the cinema of pre-Revolutionary Russia, of the Soviet era, as well as post-Soviet Russian cinema, edited by one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema studies.
About the Author
Birgit Beumers is Professor of Film Studies at Aberystwyth University (UK). She specialises in Russian culture, especially cinema and theatre. Her most recent publications include A History of Russian Cinema (2009) and Performing Violence (with Mark Lipovetsky, 2009); she has edited Directory of World Cinema: Russia (2010; 2014), The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov (with N. Condee, 2011), Russia's New Fin de Siecle (2013), and Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories (with M. Rouland and G. Abikeyeva, 2013). She is editor of KinoKultura and of Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema.
Book Information
ISBN 9781118412763
Author Birgit Beumers
Format Hardback
Page Count 672
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Series Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Weight(grams) 1270g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 31mm
- The most up-to-date and thorough coverage of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, which also effectively fills gaps in the existing scholarship in the field
- This is the first volume on Russian cinema to explore specifically the history of movie theatres, studios, and educational institutions
- The editor is one of the most established and knowledgeable scholars in Russian cinema studies, and contributions come from leading experts in the field of Russian Studies, Film Studies and Visual Culture
- Chapters consider the arts of scriptwriting, sound, production design, costumes and cinematography
- Provides five portraits of key figures in Soviet and Russia film history, whose works have been somewhat neglected
About the Author
Birgit Beumers is Professor of Film Studies at Aberystwyth University (UK). She specialises in Russian culture, especially cinema and theatre. Her most recent publications include A History of Russian Cinema (2009) and Performing Violence (with Mark Lipovetsky, 2009); she has edited Directory of World Cinema: Russia (2010; 2014), The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov (with N. Condee, 2011), Russia's New Fin de Siecle (2013), and Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories (with M. Rouland and G. Abikeyeva, 2013). She is editor of KinoKultura and of Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema.
Book Information
ISBN 9781118412763
Author Birgit Beumers
Format Hardback
Page Count 672
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Series Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas
Weight(grams) 1270g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 31mm
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