Constructing Post-Soviet Stardom: Auteur and the State

February 8, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 409A

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“Constructing Post-Soviet Stardom: Auteur and the State in the Case of Renata Litvinova.”
As Richard Dyer's research on stars does not explain or describe the Russian star system due to its historical and cultural difference from Hollywood, I analyze the construction of Russian stardom and describe its architectural principles such as the close connection of the film industry to the state and its imperial nature, the understanding of cinema as an art but not entertainment, and the director-centered mode of production. These factors form a unique figure of a star director, usually in the transition from a previous acting career. Renata Litvinova, a leading Russian female director, presents an example of such a transition.

Olga Mukhortova, ABD serves as an Instructor of Russian at UH-Mānoa and writes her dissertation on star and celebrity studies to complete her Ph.D. degree at the University of Pittsburgh in Slavic and Film Studies. While working for 20 years as a teacher of Russian for non-Russian students, Olga conducts her research in the fields of empire and post-colonial studies, women studies, and contemporary Russian film.

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Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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Thursday, February 8
12:00pm	Metacognition: Creating Self-regulated Learning Environments Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106 Events Room
12:00pm	Constructing Post-Soviet Stardom: Auteur and the State Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 409A
3:00pm	Colloquium - Dr. Sarkissian Mānoa Campus, Sakamaki Hall C-308
3:00pm	Oceanography Seminar - Yvonne Firing - 2/8/18 - 3PM - MSB 100 Mānoa Campus, Marine Sciences Building 100
4:00pm	The Legacy and Future of Korean Papermaking Mānoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies
4:00pm	Geology and Geophysics Special Seminar Mānoa Campus, POST 723
5:00pm	CCBAC's Open Mic Night Mānoa Campus, Hemenway Courtyard
5:00pm	Entrepreneurship Live with Henk Rogers Mānoa Campus, Shidler College of Business, Room E-402
5:30pm	SAPFB Info Briefing Mānoa Campus, Hemenway Hall 211
6:30pm	Hanauma Bay Educational Lecture Series Mānoa Campus, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Theater
7:00pm	The Need for an Indigenous Land and Sea Ethic Mānoa Campus, Art Auditorium
7:30pm	Chamber Music for violin, clarinet, cello and piano Mānoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium