What would Stalin have thought about Russia's latest export, the six-member country music band Bering Strait, who have recently been featured on 60 Minutes and in Vogue magazine? While these Siberian teenagers may not rank with the Bolshoi or Tarkovsky's films as gifts to the world, they are an indication of just how "new" the new Russia is.
Birgit Beumers, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Russian Studies at the University of Bristol, Bristol, England. She is editor of the online journal KinoKultura, which is devoted to contemporary Russian film.
"This is a truly engaging and informative work of popular culture in a country which, during the past two decades, has experienced such drastic changes in almost every aspect of the society." - American Reference Books Annual "The collection presents a great range of material on popular culture in focused, incisive analyses of specific phenomena. It provides an invaluable resource for understanding the complex social and political changes in contemporary Russia." - The Russian Review
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