Both more and less than a band, Pussy Riot is continually misunderstood by the Western media. This book sets the record straight.
After their scandalous performance of an anti-Putin protest song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the imprisonment of two of its members, the punk feminist art collective known as Pussy Riot became an international phenomenon. But, what, exactly, is Pussy Riot, and what are they trying to achieve? The award-winning author Eliot Borenstein explores the movement's explosive history and takes you beyond the hype.
Author(s): Eliot Borenstein
Series: Russian Shorts
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 152
City: London
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: FOOLISH INCONSISTENCY
What happened
What happened before
Why Pussy Riot matters
What this book is, and what it is not
CHAPTER 1 PENIS RIOT: PUSSY RIOT’S PRE-FEMINIST ROOTS
Declarations of war
All power to the phallus
CHAPTER 2 INCITING A PUSSY RIOT
CHAPTER 3 WHEN IS A CHURCH NOT A CHURCH?
CHAPTER 4 LIKE A (PUNK) PRAYER
CHAPTER 5 HURTING BELIEVERS’ FEELINGS
CHAPTER 6 PUSSY RIOT AND POLITICAL SPEECH
CHAPTER 7 PUBLIC ENEMIES
CHAPTER 8 PERFORMANCE VS. ARCHIVE
CHAPTER 9 GENDER TROUBLES
CHAPTER 10 ANONYMITY AND GLAMOUR: WHO WAS THAT MASKED WOMAN?
CHAPTER 11 QUIET RIOT?
CONCLUSION: THE PUNK ART OF COMPROMISE
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
