P OSTMODERN C RISES From Lolita to Pussy Riot ARS ROSSICA Series Editor DIBAV D ETHEA (University of Wisconsin–Madison) POSTMODERN CRISES From Lolita to Pussy Riot MARK LIPOVETSKY BOSTON / 2017 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: A bibliographic record for this title is available from the Library of Congress. Names: Lipovetskii, M. N. (Mark Naumovich), author. Title: Postmodern crises : from Lolita to Pussy Riot / Mark Lipovetsky. Other titles: Ars Rossika. Description: Brighton, MA : Published by Academic Studies Press, 2017. | Series: Ars Rossica Identifiers: LCCN 2016042029 (print) | LCCN 2016045161 (ebook) | ISBN 9781618115584 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781618115591 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Postmodernism (Literature)—Russia (Federation) | Russian literature—20th century—History and criticism. | Russian literature—21st century—History and criticism. | Postmodernism—Russia (Federation) | Motion pictures—Russia (Federation)—History and criticism. Classification: LCC PG3027.5.P67 L56 2017 (print) | LCC PG3027.5.P67 (ebook) | DDC 891.709/0044—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016042029 Copyright © 2017 Academic Studies Press All rights reserved. ISBN 9781618115584 (hardcover) ISBN 9781618115591 (electronic) Cover design by Tatiana Vernikov. On the cover: film-still from Short Stories, dir. Mikhail Segal, 2012. Published by Academic Studies Press in 2017 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135, USA
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