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""Gordienko makes a valuable and convincing argument for the tangible effects that popular music can have on politics and culture, rather than music only serving as a reflection of society for scholarly observation. It will surely be a foundational work.""-- ""The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review"" ""Wonderful and thoroughly engaging. . . . Breaks new grounds.""-- ""Slavic Review"" ""Vivid and engrossing. . . . The sophistication of [Gordienko's] methodology--which is as likely to refer to Adorno and Habermas as it is to historians and sociologists of Russia--is lightly worn and informed by some fifteen years of close-up anthropological observation working in the world of Russian and Ukrainian broadcasting.""--Slavonic and East European Review ""[Gordienko] is among the first to conduct in-depth research on [shanson]. The result is this detailed, extensively documented study.""--CHOICE ""A seminal work of simply outstanding scholarship. . . . Unique and highly recommended.""--Midwest Book Review ""A rigorous examination. . . . [Gordienko] unearths many intriguing aspects of the shanson. Russophiles and musicologists will savor this impressive study.""--Publishers Weekly ""A clear and entertaining overview of a vital, integral part of post-Soviet Russian culture--a joy to read.""--Eliot Borenstein, New York University ""This fascinating book, both deeply researched and highly entertaining, provides valuable insights into Russian cultural history and should be required reading for all interested in the history of Russian popular song.""--Karen Evans-Romaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

A clear and entertaining overview of a vital, integral part of post-Soviet Russian culture--a joy to read. --Eliot Borenstein, New York University This fascinating book, both deeply researched and highly entertaining, provides valuable insights into Russian cultural history and should be required reading for all interested in the history of Russian popular song. --Karen Evans-Romaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"""A rigorous examination. . . . [Gordienko] unearths many intriguing aspects of the shanson. Russophiles and musicologists will savor this impressive study.""--Publishers Weekly ""A clear and entertaining overview of a vital, integral part of post-Soviet Russian culture--a joy to read.""--Eliot Borenstein, New York University ""This fascinating book, both deeply researched and highly entertaining, provides valuable insights into Russian cultural history and should be required reading for all interested in the history of Russian popular song.""--Karen Evans-Romaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison"

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Anastasia Gordienko is an assistant professor of Russian and Slavic studies at the University of Arizona.

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