The Great Patriotic Serial: Penal Battalion (Shtrafbat), Historical Taboos, and the Beginnings of the New National Idea

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Note on Transliteration 7
4. Introduction 8
5. The Cultural Euphemism of Kul′tura: Soviet Nostalgia on the Russia-K Channel 21
6. The Great Patriotic Serial: Penal Battalion (Shtrafbat), Historical Taboos, and the Beginnings of the New National Idea 48
7. Orlova and Aleksandrov Redux: The TV Series 76
8. Putin-Era Television Productions about Catherine the Great: Active Measures as Period Drama 98
9. Between Pornography and Nostalgia: Valery Todorovsky’s The Thaw (Ottepel′) 114
10. The State of Affairs: Screwing Family Values in Putin’s Russia 139
11. Glocalizing Neo-Noir: Iury Bykov’s The Method and Sleepers 165
12. Queer Families: Gender, Sexuality, and the Neoliberal State on Russian Television 190
13. The Web Series Bitches (Stervochki) and Post-Legacy Television in Russia 214
14. Interviews
15. Television Producer and Showrunner 242
16. Producer and Studio Executive 247
17. Scriptwriter and Film Critic 253
18. Director and Scriptwriter 258
19. Producer, Showrunner, and Scriptwriter 263
20. Contributors 267
21. Index 273