Media and Masculinities in Contemporary Russia

Constructing Non-heteronormativity
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-40452-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Based on extensive original research, this book examines the extent to which media in Russia upholds the Russian government’s stance on sexuality. It considers the Russian government’s policies designed to uphold ‘traditional sexuality’, reveals the strategies of resistance used by Russian media outlets to create positive portrayals of non-heteronormative people and circumvent the restrictive 2013 legislation banning positive representations of ‘non-traditional sexual relations’, and highlights particular examples of subversive media practices. Overall, the book challenges the prevailing view that media in authoritarian regimes are completely compliant with their government’s position.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andreevskikh, Olga

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures viii

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

1 The Russian media landscape after 2013: an overview 10

2 Discourses on ‘traditional sexuality’ in Russia: a historical perspective 37

3 ‘War on terror’, Islamophobia, and media portrayals of non-heteronormative masculinities 51

4 Mediation of non-heteronormative masculinities in the context of the global anti-harassment #MeToo movement 101

5 Transgressive masculine performance on Russian TV 152

Conclusion 176

Index 185

Über Autor(innen)

Olga Andreevskikh is a Senior Lecturer in Russian Language and Culture at Tampere University, Finland.