Russian Television Today: Primetime Drama and Comedy

by David MacFadyen

Book Overview

Examining the role of dramatized narratives in Russian television, this book stresses the ways in which the Russian government under Putin use primetime television to express a new understanding of what it means to be Russian, answering key questions of national identity for modern Russians in dealing with their recent history: 'What really happened to us?' and, accordingly, 'Why?'

The book covers important issues in Russian television today,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415491762
• ISBN13: 9780415491761
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"