Eliot Borenstein
Special guest
Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies and Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs at New York University. He is the author of Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929 (2001 AATSEEL book prize), Overkill: Sex and Violence in Contemporary Russian Popular Culture (2008 AWSS book prize), Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism (2020 Wayne S. Vucinich book prize and 2020 AATSEEL book prize), Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power (Bloomsbury, 2020), Meanwhile, in Russia…: Russian Internet Memes and Viral Video (Bloomsbury, 2022), Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head (Cornell, 2023), Soviet-Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism (Cornell, 2023), and HBO’s The Leftovers: Mourning and Melancholy on Premium Cable (Lexington Books, 2023). His next book, Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny, will be published by Cornell in 2024, and another two, Harry Potter in Russia: The Politics of Enchantment under Putin, and Russian Culture under Putin, will be published in 2024 by Bloomsbury. He is now writing Marvel Comics in the 1980s, Unidentified Russian Objects: On Soviet Melancholy and Reading the Superhero: Ethics, Crises, and Superboy Punches.
(From Dr. Borenstein) Pronunciation Pro Tip: “Borenstein” rhymes with “Foreign wine”
Eliot Borenstein has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Mordor to Moscow, Potter to Putin: Into the Slavic Multiverse with Eliot Borenstein
December 23rd, 2023 | Season 6 | 42 mins 3 secs
history, literature, politics, pop culture, religion
On this episode, Eliot Borenstein returns for a fun conversation about the political and historical themes in pop culture and the abundance of Marvel, Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. fan fiction that emerged post-socialism. We hope you enjoy!
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Russian Meme Culture, "Shirtless Putin," and Pussy Riot with Eliot Borenstein
November 16th, 2020 | Season 3 | 42 mins 14 secs
humor, masculinity, memes, pussy riot, putin, shrek
On this fun episode, Dr. Eliot Borenstein from NYU joins us to talk about his research on memes and meme culture in Russia as well as his freshly-released book on Pussy Riot (available from Bloomsbury). We hope you enjoy!