Iluminace 2025, 37(2):213-221 | DOI: 10.58193/ilu.1818

From Homo Sovieticus to Many Selves. Unraveling Identities in (Post)-Soviet Cinema

Alena Kolesnikova
FAMU, Czech Republic ✉

Book review: Heleen Gerritsen and Irina Schulzki, eds., Decolonising the (Post-)Soviet Screen (Apparatus Press, 2024).

Keywords: (post)soviet cinema, decolonisation, identity

Received: June 11, 2025; Revised: September 22, 2025; Accepted: October 3, 2025; Published: November 10, 2025  Show citation

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Kolesnikova, A. (2025). From Homo Sovieticus to Many Selves. Unraveling Identities in (Post)-Soviet Cinema. Iluminace, 37(2), 213-221. doi: 10.58193/ilu.1818
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