{"product_id":"haunted-dreams-jenny-kaminer-9781501762192","title":"Haunted Dreams: Fantasies of Adolescence in Post-Soviet Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaunted Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the first comprehensive study in English devoted to cultural representations of adolescence in Russia since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny Kaminer situates these cultural representations within the broader context of European and Anglo-American scholarship on adolescence and youth, and she explores how Russian writers, dramatists, and filmmakers have repeatedly turned to the adolescent protagonist in exploring the myriad fissures running through post-Soviet society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close analysis of prose, drama, television, and film, this book maps how the adolescent hero has become a locus for multiple anxieties throughout the tumultuous years since the end of the Soviet experiment. Kaminer also directly addresses some of the pivotal questions facing scholars of post-Soviet Russia: Have Soviet cultural models been transcended? Or do they continue to dominate? The figure of the adolescent, an especially potent and enduring source of cultural mythology throughout the Soviet years, provides provocative material for exploring these questions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHaunted Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, Kaminer employs a historical approach to reveal how fantasies of adolescence have mutated and remained constant across the Soviet\/post-Soviet divide, focusing on violence, temporality, and gender and the body. Some of the works discussed present the possibility of salvaging the model of the heroic adolescent for a new society. Others, by contrast, relegate this figure to the dustbin of history by evoking disgust or horror, or by unmasking the tragic consequences that ensue from the combination of adolescence, violence, and fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny Kaminer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501762192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501762192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Jenny Kaminer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988511490303,"sku":"9781501762192","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_144f6469-effc-46eb-8c3b-96a87e4bda10.jpg?v=1683294876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haunted-dreams-jenny-kaminer-9781501762192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}