Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia

Birgit Beumers, Alexander Etkind, Olga Gurova, Sanna Turoma, Birgit Beumers, Alexander Etkind, Olga Gurova, Sanna Turoma

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780367874148
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317352631
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Cultural & Social Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

Alongside the Arab Spring, the 'Occupy' anti-capitalist movements in the West, and the events on the Maidan in Kiev, Russia has had its own protest movements, notably the political protests of 2011–12. As elsewhere in the world, these protests had unlikely origins, in Russia's case spearheaded by the 'creative class'. This book examines the protest movements in Russia. It discusses the artistic traditions from which the movements arose; explores the media, including the internet, film, novels, and fashion, through which the protesters have expressed themselves; and considers the outcome of the movements, including the new forms of nationalism, intellectualism, and feminism put forward. Overall, the book shows how the Russian protest movements have suggested new directions for Russian – and global – politics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Note on transliteration
• Introduction: Genres and genders of protest in Russia’s petrostate
• Part I Origins and traditions of protest
• Part II Artistic and performative forms of protest
• Index