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Introduction: ‘Different (Everyone is So)’: conceptualisations of Russian and Russophone queer cinema in the twenty-first century 引言：“不同（每个人都是如此）”：21世纪俄罗斯和俄语酷儿电影的概念

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2252702

Vlad Strukov

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The queer parable and the gender normativity of ‘traditional values’: Aleksei Chupov and Natal’ia Merkulova’s The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) 酷儿寓言和“传统价值观”的性别规范:阿列克谢·丘波夫和纳塔尔·梅库洛娃的《让所有人惊讶的男人》(2018)

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2250166

Katerina Suverina

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Haunted dreams: fantasies of adolescence in post-Soviet culture 梦魇:后苏联文化中青少年的幻想

Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2250167

Laura Todd

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Queering the Mainstream: Anna Melikian’s About Love (2015) 颠覆主流:安娜·梅利基安的《关于爱》(2015)

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-21 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2245656

R. Morley

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Nabokov Noir: cinematic culture and the art of exile 黑色纳博科夫:电影文化与流亡艺术

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2246825

E. Mazierska

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Film adaptations of Russian classics. Dialogism and authorship 改编自俄罗斯经典的电影。对话和作者

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-16 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2246826

Marina Rojavin

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Dlinnaia doroga v Kanny: Mikhail Kalatozov [The Long Road to Cannes: Mikhail Kalatozov] Dlinnia doroga v Kanny：Mikhail Kalatozov[通往戛纳的漫长道路：MikhailKalatozov]

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2246824

Anthony Anemone

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Representations of drag queens in contemporary Russian film and web-based reality television 当代俄罗斯电影和网络真人秀中的变装皇后形象

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2244334

Volha Isakava

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Queering Russian cinema as a community-building practice 将俄罗斯电影作为一种社区建设实践

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2241804

Olga Andreevskikh

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Monsters with family and tradition: queering family in Central Russia’s Vampires 具有家族和传统的怪物：俄罗斯中部的吸血鬼家族

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Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema Pub Date : 2023-07-30 DOI: 10.1080/17503132.2023.2241803

T. Klepikova

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