Description:
Borenstein argues that the popular cultural products consumed in the post-perestroika era were more than just diversions; they allowed Russians to indulge their despair over economic woes and everyday threats.
Brief description: Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. He is the author of Men without Women and Overkill.
Review Quotes:
A remarkably good book.... Whether speaking about lowbrow literature or better made works, Borenstein is a careful reader of popular culture as 'symptom, ' as a visible manifestation of social dis-ease.... This book is smart and funny.... written in exactly the right tone for its content.
-- "Slavic and Eastern European Journal"