sports in Russian culture

[Subhash.Jaireth at AGSO.GOV.AU]

Hi,

Here at ANU, a few years ago an MA thesis was completed on this topic and a
paper out of that thesis was published in one of the issues of Australian
Slavonic and East European Studies. What needs to be defined in my opinion
is the word 'contemporary'. Would you include the Soviet times or the
post-Soviet only? I remember of two fascinating Soviet films. One told the
story of the famous Russian jumper Valerii Brumel and the other dealt in
very carnivalistic way the built up to the Olympic soccer final in the
Helsenki Olympics.

Best wishes


Subhash

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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Judith Kalb [mailto:kalbj at GWM.SC.EDU]
                Sent:   Thursday, 30 March 2000 9:53
                To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
                Subject:        sports in Russian culture

                Dear Colleagues,
                Huge topic, I know, but I have a student interested in
studying the role of
                sports in contemporary Russian society.  I am trying to get
him to narrow
                this down, and I wondered if any of you might have
suggestions? Are there
                any studies of sports in Russian literature or film, for
instance, that
                deal at all with contemporary Russia? I am at sea on this
one and will be
                grateful for any thoughts.
                Best wishes and thanks,
                Judith Kalb

                Dr. Judith E. Kalb
                Assistant Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
                Director of the Russian Program
                University of South Carolina
                Columbia, SC 29208
                phone (803) 777-9615
                fax (803) 777-0132
                jkalb at sc.edu


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