Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russia : Shocking Chic (Hardcover)

Dedication  List of illustrations  List of contributors  Acknowledgements  Preface  Introduction  Part I The Art of Politics, and the Politics of Art  1. The Ultimate Celebrity: VVP as VIP Objet d’Art - Helena Goscilo  2. The Mistress of Moscow: a Case of Corporate Celebrity - Michelle Kuhn  Part II Prosaic Glamour  3. Akunin’s Secret and Fandorin’s Luck: Postmodern Celebrity in Post-Soviet Russia - Brian James Baer and Nadezhda Korchagina  4. Glamour a la Oksana Robski - Tatiana Mikhailova  Part III Mediating Glamour: Film, Estrada, and New Media Stars  5. Fatherland, Family, and Faith: The Power of Nikita Mikhalkov’s Celebrity - Stephen M. Norris  6. "Much Ado and Nothing:" Mikhail Zadornov as a Celebrity of Russian Comedy - Oxana Poberejnaia  7. Russian Internet Stars: Gizmos, Geeks, and Glory - Vlad Strukov  Part IV Gendered Sounds and Screams of Stardom  8. Feminism a la Russe? Pugacheva-Orbakaite’s Celebrity Construction through Family Bonds - Olga Partan  9. Elevating Verka Serdiuchka: A Star-Study in Excess Performativity - Jeremy Morris  Part V Moscow Snobbery: From ‘High’ Art to Haute Cuisine  10. Zurab Tsereteli’s Exegi Monumentum, Luzhkov’s Largesse, and the Collateral Rewards of Animosity - Helena Goscilo  11. Hot Prospekts: Dining in the New Moscow - Darra Goldstein