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Inverting film policy : film as nation builder in post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2005

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The collapse of the Soviet Union marked the beginning of a search for a national identity in Russia. This article investigates whether the Russian State recognized cinema as a cultural good for nation-building purposes. On the basis of qualitative and quantitative methods, it is demonstrated that after 1994, films with a national claim became more likely than other films to obtain state support. This was not the result of a deliberate policy, but rather an expression of a prevailing common sense whereby filmmakers and other stakeholders were preoccupied with a national identity. From 2000 onwards, stimulating the construction of a national identity became one of the primary policy goals. Paradoxically, the communication of such policy goal provided no guarantee for an increased output of national films. The case of the post-Soviet Russian film policy shows that the creation of a common sense often has a greater impact than policy measures.

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Media Culture Society

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Thousand Oak : sage publisher., 2011

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English

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01634437

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Vol. 33 no. 2, March 2011,pp. 243-258

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State
Russia
Common Sense
National Identity
Inverting film policy

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