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Russian and Soviet Cinema: Bibliography

2. General History

2.1. General History of Russia and the Soviet Union
  • Hosking, Geofrrey. The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union From Within. Second, enl. ed. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1993.
  • MacKenzie, David and Michael W. Curran. A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond. 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1993.
  • Treadgold, Donald. Twentieth Century Russia. 8th ed. Boulder: Westview P, 1995.

2.2. Russo-Soviet Material and Popular Culture
  • Brooks, Jeffrey. Thank You, Comrade Stalin!: Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2000.
  • Boym, Svetlana. Common Places: Mythologies of Everyday Life in Russia. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1994.
  • Cherednichenko, Tat’iana. Tipologiia sovetskoi massovoi kul’tury: mezhdu “Brezhnevym” i “Pugachevoi.” Moskva: RIK “Kul’tura,” 1994.
  • Stites, Richard. Russian popular culture: Entertainment and society since 1900. NY: Cambridge UP, 1992.
  • Zorkaia, Neia. Fol’klor. Lubok. Ekran. Moskva: Iskusstvo, 1994.
  • –. Na rubezhe stoletii: u istokov massovogo iskusstva v Rossii 1900-1910 godov. Moskva: Nauka, 1976.

2.3. Russo-Soviet Film Posters
  • Azernikov, V., E. Volodarskii, and B. Zinov’ev, comps. Sovetskii kinoplakat, 1920-1930. Moskva: Kontakt-Kul’tura, 1994.
  • Baburina, Nina. The Soviet Arts Poster: Theatre, Cinema, Ballet, Circus, 1917-1987. NY: Penguin, 1990.
  • Barkhatova, Elena. Russian Constructivist Posters. Paris: Flammarion, 1992.
  • Constantine, Mildred and Alan Fern. Revolutionary Soviet Film Posters. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1974.
  • Kherroubi, Aïcha and Valérie Posener. Le Studio Mejrabpom: ou l’aventure du cinéma privé au pays des bolcheviks. Les Dossiers du musée d’Orsay 59. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1996.
  • Mount, Christopher. Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design. NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1997.
  • Pack, Susan. Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde. Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1995.
  • Rodionova, Galina, comp. The Soviet Cinema Poster. Leningrad: Aurora Art Pubs, 1983.
  • Snopkov, A., P. Snopkov, and A. Shkliaruk, eds. Kino plakat. K 15-letiiu Natsional’noi kinematograficheskoi premii “Nika.” Moskva: Kontakt-Kul’tura, 2002.
  • —, eds. Russkii kinoplakat. Moskva: Kontakt–Kul’tura, 2002.
  • Waschik, Klaus. “Nachwort.” Seht her, Genossen! Plakate aus der Sowjetunion. Der bibliophlien Taschenbücher 334. Dortmund: Rheinisch-Westfälischen Auslandsgesellschaft, 1982.
  • Yegorov, Alexander and Victor Litvinov, comps. The Posters of Glasnost’ and Perestroika. NY: Penguin, 1989.

2.4. World Film History
  • Bordwell, David and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction. 4th ed. NY: McGraw-Hill Co., 1993.
  • Cook, David A. A History of Narrative Film. 3rd ed. NY: Norton, 1996.
  • Monaco, James. How to Read a Film: The Art, Technology, Language, History and Theory of Film and Media. Rev. ed. NY: Oxford UP, 1981.
  • Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Oxford History of World Cinema. NY: Oxford UP, 1996.
  • Thompson, Kristin and David Bordwell. Film History: An Introduction. NY: McGraw-Hill Co., 1994.