{"product_id":"stalins-final-films-cinema-socialist-realism-and-soviet-postwar-reality-1945-1953-hardcover","title":"Stalin's Final Films: Cinema, Socialist Realism, and Soviet Postwar Reality, 1945-1953 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStalin's Final Films\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores a neglected period in the history of Soviet cinema, breathing new life into a body of films long considered moribund as the pinnacle of Stalinism. \u003c\/b\u003eWhile film censorship reached its apogee in this period and fewer films were made, film attendance also peaked as Soviet audiences voted with their seats and distinguished a clearly popular postwar cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Knight examines the tensions between official ideology and audience engagement, and between education and entertainment, inherent in these popular films, as well as the financial considerations that shaped and constrained them. She explores how the Soviet regime used films to address the major challenges faced by the USSR after the Great Patriotic War (World War II), showing how war dramas, spy thrillers, Stalin epics, and rural comedies alike were mobilized to consolidate an official narrative of the war, reestablish Stalinist orthodoxy, and dramatize the rebuilding of socialist society. Yet, Knight also highlights how these same films were used by filmmakers more experimentally, exploring a diverse range of responses to the ideological crisis that lay at the heart of Soviet postwar culture, as a victorious people were denied the fruits of their sacrificial labor. After the war, new heroes were demanded by both the regime and Soviet audiences, and filmmakers sought to provide them, with at times surprising results. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStalin's Final Films \u003c\/i\u003emines Soviet cinema as an invaluable resource for understanding the unique character of postwar Stalinism and the cinema of the most repressive era in Soviet history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire Knight is Senior Lecturer in Russian at the University of Bristol, where she is also the Academic Director for the Centre for Study Abroad. Her work has appeared in the journals\u003ci\u003e Kritika\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Slavonic and East European Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKinoKultura\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750250152224,"sku":"9781501776175","price":102.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9761c18c002cbdbf12908a2a470e0680.webp?v=1779946905","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stalins-final-films-cinema-socialist-realism-and-soviet-postwar-reality-1945-1953-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}