Nation, Ethnicity and Race on Russian Television: Mediating Post-Soviet Difference

ISBN-13: 9780815362326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 284 str.

UK) Stephen (University of Manchester Hutchings; UK) Vera (University of Manchester Tolz

Opis

Russia, one of the world's most ethno-culturally diverse countries, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The book highlights the importance of television broadcasting in shaping national discourse and the place of ethno-cultural diversity within it, arguing that television’s role has been reinforced, rather than diminished, by the rise of new media technologies. Throughout, the book shows how difficult it is for Russia to strike the right balance given its Soviet legacy, weak civil society, extremely large native Muslim population, and state aligned media.

Spis treści

Introduction: A Clash of Two Russias, a Tale of Two Cities  1. Television and Nationhood: The Broader Context  Part 1  2. Mapping an Uncertain Terrain: An Overview of the Corpus  3. Re-Inventing Russia in Television News Commemorations of the ‘Day of National Unity’: Mediation as Fracture  4. Ethnic Conflict and Television News Coverage of the December 2010 Moscow Riots: Managing the Unexpected  Part 2  5. Re-working Russian Diversity: The ‘Marginal’ Role of Television Fiction  6. Transcending Marginality: Ethnicity, Identity and Religion on Vesti-Buriatiia  Part 3  7. (Un)covering Alterity: Television, the 2012 Presidential Elections and the Ethnic Underside of Russian Political Discourse  8. An Unholy Scandal: Profanity, Abjection and the Production of Russian-ness in the ‘Punk Prayer’ Affair  9. ‘There is War On Our Streets...’: The ‘National Question’ and Migration on State-aligned Television after the 2012 Presidential Elections  Conclusion: Difference in the Balance