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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Period of Adjustment3Pt. 1Glasnost: Back to the PresentCh. 1Back to the Present: (Re)presenting the Soviet Past and Feature Films33Ch. 2"We Are Your Children": Soviet Youth, Cinema, Changing Values67Ch. 3"Wherever Will I Begin?" Soviet Women in Cinema and on Film99Pt. 2Glasnost: Down With StutteringCh. 4Is It Easy to Be Honest? Glasnost in the Documentary Film127Ch. 5Down with Stuttering: Soviet Popular Genres and the New Film Language157Ch. 6From Accusatory to Joyful Laughter: Restructuring the Soviet Comic-Satiric Muse187Pt. 3The Islands of the ContinentCh. 7The Islands of the Continent: A Revised Map for Ethnic Cinemas219In Place of a Conclusion: The Zero Hour245Filmography251Bibliography263Index277

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