Charms of the Cynical Reason: Tricksters in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture

by Mark Lipovetsky

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The impetus for Charms of the Cynical Reason is the phenomenal and little-explored popularity of various tricksters flourishing in official and unofficial Soviet culture, as well as in the post-soviet era. Mark Lipovetsky interprets this puzzling phenomenon through analysis of the most remarkable and fascinating literary and cinematic images of soviet and post-soviet tricksters, including such "cultural idioms" as Ostap Bender, Buratino, Vasilii Tyorkin,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1934843458

ISBN13:9781934843451

Release Date:December 2010

Publisher:Academic Studies Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Performing Arts Philosophy

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