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Russian Theatre at the Margins of High Putinism

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alex Trustrum-ThomasSeries:Oxford Modern Languages & Literature MonographsPublish date:2/13/2026Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198971115ISBN-10:198971117UPC:9780198971115Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Drama, Europe, CensorshipSize:9.37 x 6.49 x 0.83 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCS2TPJWRA
Russian Theatre at the Margins of High Putinism traces the development of fringe theatre in Russia over the course of the second decade of the twenty-first century. This is a period that bears witness to the conservative-authoritarian turn in modern Russian politics and the subsequent slide into open repression of nonconformist elements in society. Through a close examination of various aspects of contemporary Russian theatre, including new trends in dramaturgy, documentary theatre, hybridization of media, performance, and actionist theatre, a picture emerges of a vibrant, heterogeneous subculture existing on the margins of cultural life and yet fully engaged in dialogue with the shifting political realities of the day. Utilizing extensive interviews with a number of significant theatre practitioners, the book offers a final firsthand glimpse of contemporary Russian culture and society in the years prior to two events that changed the country beyond recognition-the global pandemic and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Consideration of the seismic impact of those events on contemporary theatre and culture in Russia concludes the study.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198971115ISBN-10:198971117UPC:9780198971115Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Drama, Europe, CensorshipSize:9.37 x 6.49 x 0.83 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCS2TPJWRA
Alex Trustrum-Thomas, Visiting Researcher, Karazin Kharkiv National University

Alex Trustrum-Thomas is a Visiting Researcher at Karazin Kharkiv National University. His research interests include contemporary theatre and performance, the Russo-Ukrainian War, ideology, censorship, and the legacy of communism in Eastern Europe. His postdoctoral research project examining wartime culture in eastern Ukraine was funded by a Leverhulme Study Abroad Studentship. He is a contributing author to various theatre publications, as well as being a translator of Russian documentary drama for stage and podcast. He holds a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford.

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