Cinepaternity

<p>This wide-ranging collection investigates the father/son dynamic in post-Stalinist Soviet cinema and its Russian successor. Contributors analyze complex patterns of identification disavowal and displacement in films by such diverse directors as Khutsiev Motyl' Tarkovsky Balabanov Sokurov Todorovskii Mashkov and Bekmambetov. Several chapters focus on the difficulties of fulfilling the paternal function while others show how vertical and horizontal male bonds are repeatedly strained by the pressure of redefining an embattled masculinity in a shifting political landscape.</p>