The Image of Russia on the Western Screen in the Ideological Confrontation Epoch (1946-1991): From the Late Stalinism to the “Thaw”, from “Détente” and “Stagnation” to the “Perestroika”

Abstract. This article included the analysis of evolution Russian image representation on the Western (USA, UK, Germany, Canada, France, Italy) screen – of the period of ideological confrontation (1946-1991): ideological and social trends, myths, stereotypes, illusions, classification of the contents’ models and modifications of genres. The main conclusion: the image of Russia in the majority of the Western fiction films of 1946-1991 is treated as an image of something “enemy”, “alien”, “different”, often hostile…

European Researcher. 2013. N 2.
ISSN 2219-8229. E-ISSN 2224-0136

URL: http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1373792889.pdf