Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Period of Adjustment
6. Part One. Glasnost: Back To The Present
7. 1. Back to the Present: (Representing the Soviet Past in Feature Films 31
8. 2. "We Are Your Children": Soviet Youth, Cinema, and Changing Values 67
9. 3. "Wherever Will I Begin?" Soviet Women in Cinema and on Film 99
10. Part Two. Glasnost: Down With Stuttering
11. 4. Is It Easy to Be Honest? Glasnost in the Documentary Film 125
12. 5. Down with Stuttering: Soviet Popular Genres and the New Film Language 157
13. 6. From Accusatory to Joyful Laughter: Restructuring the Soviet Comic-Satiric Muse 187
14. Part Three. The Islands Of The Continent
15. 7. The Islands of the Continent: A Revised Map for Ethnic Cinemas 217
16. In Place of a Conclusion: The Zew Hour 245
17. Filmography 251
18. Bibliography 263
19. Index 277