General description

Obligatory for those who intend to complete the whole programme.

Learning outcomes

After the course the student will have basic knowledge of Russian history, culture and economic, political and social structures.

Contents

Cultural Studies: history, culture and literature; economic, political and social structures.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

The study material will be set by a book list given by the teacher in charge during every course or, for example, the following books. Barker, A., Consuming Russia. Popular Culture, Sex, and Society since Gorbachev. 1999; Hellberg-Hirn, E., Soil and Soul. The Symbolic World of Russianness. 1998; Engel, B., Women in Russia, 1700-2000. 2004; Pilkington, H., Russia's Youth and its Culture. 1994; Kelly, C. and Shepherd, D. (eds.), Russian Cultural Studies. An Introduction. 1998; Lahusen, T., Kuperman, G. (eds.), Late Soviet Culture: From Perestroika to Novostroika. 1993; Burawoy, M. & Verdery, K. (eds.), Uncertain Transition.Ethnographies of Change in the Postsocialist World. 1999; Epstejn, M.N., After the Future: The Paradoxes of Postmodernism and Contemporary Russian Culture. 1997; Figes, O., Natasha’s Dance. A Cultural History of Russia. 2002; Service, R., History of Modern Russia from Nicholas II to Putin. 2003; Rotkirch, A., The Man Question. Loves and Lives in Late 20th Century Russia. 2000; Kelly, C. and Shepherd, D. (eds.), Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution, 1881-1940. 1998.

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