Open AccessAdultery in Russian Cinema: From the “Thaw” to the End of the Soviet Epoch
Author(s) -
Maria A Fanina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik8233-44
Subject(s) - movie theater , adultery , ideology , theme (computing) , epoch (astronomy) , literature , romance , feminization (sociology) , political science , history , sociology , gender studies , law , art , politics , stars , physics , astronomy , computer science , operating system
The article surveys the portrayal of adultery in the Russian cinema of 1950-1990s. The theme of the crisis in romantic and family relations is matched up with the stages of the countrys social and cultural development, ideological crisis and the process of feminization of the culture.