{"product_id":"russian-television-today-paperback-softback","title":"Russian Television Today - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamining 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?’ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers important issues in Russian television today, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe reworking of new ‘national’ on-screen heroes \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eits relationship with classic literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe revisionist portrayal of a romantic portrait of life in the Soviet era\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe role of thematic elements such as love, fidelity, humour and irony \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe particularly pressing problem of crime and its representation on screen as Mafia or police adventure, and its political usage by the Putin administration. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a detailed account of the critical issues in contemporary Russian television, relating them to broader social and political developments in Russian society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548655280366,"sku":"9780415491761","price":33.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415491761_2c27b59e-a24c-4c0e-b3ae-323af92616a8.jpg?v=1720266692","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/russian-television-today-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}