Hashamova explores the cinematic representation of human trafficking, both documentary and fictional, including, for example episodes of television shows that portray human trafficking and televisi
Since the fall of Communism, Russians have struggled to reconcile their social traditions with a flood of Western cultural imports. Contemporary Russian cinema has latched on to the resulting confusio
With an emphasis on Russian and Eastern European popular culture, Goscilo and Hashamova examine the various cultural, political and ideological representations of Slavic and Balkan women in war-torn l
This wide-ranging collection investigates the father/son dynamic in post-Stalinist Soviet cinema and its Russian successor. Contributors analyze complex patterns of identification, disavowal, and disp
The cultural "crimes" and harsh state punishment of Pussy Riot, the most famous Russian feminist collective to date, prompt this volume's retrospective investigations into why, how,
