Аннотация:Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition examines contemporary Russian television genres in the age of transition from broadcast to post-broadcast television. Focusing on critical debates and the most significant TV series of the past two decades, the volume’s contributors―the leading US and European scholars studying Russian television, as well as the leading Russian TV producers and directors―focus on three major issues: Russian television’s transition to digital post-broadcast economy, which redefined the media environment; Russian television’s integration into global television markets and their genre systems; and major changes in the representation of gender and sexuality on Russian television."This important intervention in debates around the current state of the Russian media brilliantly exposes the limitations of analyses based solely on news and current affairs genres. For it is in fictional screen formats such as the serial, the historical drama, and the series in which the cultural and political fissures, tensions, contradictions, and reconfigurations within Russian society under Putin are most vividly revealed. The book, moreover, is one of the first to take proper account of the impact in Russia of the convergence of new and old media. In tackling this agenda, the editors have assembled a team of contributors comprising some of the very best scholars in the field. Together with the additional benefit of an authoritative introduction and insightful interviews with several highly influential television producers, scriptwriters, and critics, this makes Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition: Genres, Technologies, Identities essential reading for all students and scholars of contemporary Russian media, culture, and society." Steven Hutchings, Professor of Russian Studies, University of Manchester