Compilation of seven articles translated from Russian.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aural hieroglyphics? Some reflections on the role of sound in recent Russian films and its historical context / K. Clark -- Televorot. The role of television coverage in Russia's August 1991 coup / V.E. Bonnell, G. Freidin -- Documentary discipline. Three interrogations of Stanislav Govorukhin / E. Naiman, A. Nesbet -- The gendered trinity of Russian cultural rhetoric today-or the glyph of the h[i]eroine / H. Goscilo -- In the shadow of monuments. Notes on iconoclasm and time / M. Yampolsky, translated by J. Kachur -- Encoding difference. Figuring gender and ethnicity in Kira Muratova's A change of fate / S. Larsen -- The ABC of Russian consumer culture. Readings, ratings, and real estate / N. Condee, V. Padunov