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The Mitki and the Art of Postmodern Protest in Russia. By Alexandar Mihailovic. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018. xvii, 254 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $79.95, hard bound. - Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia. Ed. Birgit Beumers, Alexander Etkind, Olga Gurova, and Sanna Turoma. Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, 2018. xiv, 248 pp. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $160.00, hard bound.
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The Mitki and the Art of Postmodern Protest in Russia. By Alexandar Mihailovic. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2018. xvii, 254 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $79.95, hard bound.
Cultural Forms of Protest in Russia. Ed. Birgit Beumers, Alexander Etkind, Olga Gurova, and Sanna Turoma. Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, 2018. xiv, 248 pp. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. $160.00, hard bound.
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