Sincerity After Communism: A Cultural History
Ellen Rutten
Abstract
This book presents the compelling study of “new sincerity” as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flows. The global cultural practice of a “new sincerity” in literature, media, art, design, fashion, film, and architecture grew steadily in the wake of the Soviet collapse. This book traces the rise and proliferation of a new rhetoric of sincere social expression characterized by complex blends of unabashed honesty, playfulness, and irony. This study of a sweeping cultural trend with roots in late Soviet Russia addres ... More
Keywords: new sincerity, perestroika, Russia, Soviet collapse, social expression, selfhood, social philosophy, cultural memory, commodification, mediatization
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300213980 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2017 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300213980.001.0001 |
