the trickster's transformations in Soviet and post-Soviet culture Lipove�t�ski�i, M. N. (Mark Naumovich) creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. mau Boston Academic Studies Press 2011 monographic eng

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296 p. : ill. 1. At The Heart Of Soviet Civilization: The meaning of the trickster trope; The trickster's politics; The trickster trope and the Soviet subjectivity; Cynical or kynical? -- 2. Khulio Khurenito: the Trickster's Revolution: Modernizing the trickster; The method: overidentification; Why did Khurenito decide to die? -- 3. Ostap Bender: the King Is Born: Ostap as trickster; Social schizophrenia; A kynical king of the cynics -- 4. Buratino: the Utopia of a Free Marionette: Buratino as a mediator; Buratino as an artist; Buratino as a cynic -- 5. Venichka: a Tragic Trickster: The trickster as the underground author; Rituals of expenditure; "I Will Not Explain to You Who Were These Four ..." -- 6. Tricksters In Disguise: The Trickster's Transformations In The Soviet Film Of The 1960s-70s: "Reformed" tricksters in the comedies of the 70s-80s: Gaidai's Tricksters; Riazanov's Detochkin; Daneliia's Buzykin; The art of alibi: Stierlitz as the Soviet intelligent : Who are you working for?; The Imperial Mediator; Stierlitz's Afterlife -- 7. Splitting The Trickster: Pelevin's Shape-Shifters: The society of shape-shifters; Genealogy of the heroine; A fairytale about shape-shifters; The trickster's magic/politics: a bifurcation point; Cynic versus kynic. Mark Lipovetsky. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e-ur--- e-ru--- Russian fiction 20th century History and criticism Tricksters in literature Tricksters in motion pictures Motion pictures Soviet Union History Motion pictures Russia (Federation) History 20th century Literature and society Soviet Union History Literature and society Russia (Federation) History 20th century PG3096.T75 L56 2011eb 891.73/409352 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10528136 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10528136 CaPaEBR 110107 ebr10528136