Description: Charms of the Cynical Reason by Mark Lipovetsky Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Soviet tricksters present survival in a cynical, contradictory and inadequate world, not as a necessity, but as field for creativity, play, and freedom. Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, this title attempts to draw a virtual map of the soviet and post-soviet cynical reason. Publisher Description 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, Shtirlitz, and others. The steadily increasing charisma of Soviet tricksters from the 1920s to the 2000s is indicative of at least two fundamental features of both the soviet and post-soviet societies. First, tricksters reflect the constant presence of irresolvable contradictions and yawning gaps within the soviet (as well as post-soviet) social universe. Secondly, these characters epitomize the realm of cynical culture thus far unrecognized in Russian studies. Soviet tricksters present survival in a cynical, contradictory and inadequate world, not as a necessity, but as a field for creativity, play, and freedom. Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, Lipovetsky attempts to draw a virtual map of the soviet and post-soviet cynical reason: to identify its symbols, discourses, contradictions, and by these means its historical development from the 1920s to the 2000s. Author Biography Mark Lipovetsky (Ph.D. Ural State University) is a professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and joint faculty member at the Comparative Literature Program at the University of Boulder. His most recent book, Paralogies: The Transformations of (Post)Modern Discourse in Russian Culture of the 1920s-2000s (Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie), was published in 2008. Details ISBN 1934843458 ISBN-13 9781934843451 Title Charms of the Cynical Reason Author Mark Lipovetsky Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 296 Publisher Academic Studies Press GE_Item_ID:137463685; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781934843451
Book Title: Charms of the Cynical Reason
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Charms of the Cynical Reason : Tricksters in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Subject: Folklore & Mythology, General, Popular Culture, Russian & Former Soviet Union, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 36.2 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Mark Lipovetsky
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century Ser.
Format: Hardcover
