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 uses primetime television to express a new understanding of what it means to be Russian. It relates the critical issues in contemporary Russian television to broader social and political developments in Russian society.

• 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"