| List of Illustrations | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Period of Adjustment | 3 |
| Pt. 1 | Glasnost: Back to the Present | |
| Ch. 1 | Back to the Present: (Re)presenting the Soviet Past and Feature Films | 33 |
| Ch. 2 | "We Are Your Children": Soviet Youth, Cinema, Changing Values | 67 |
| Ch. 3 | "Wherever Will I Begin?" Soviet Women in Cinema and on Film | 99 |
| Pt. 2 | Glasnost: Down With Stuttering | |
| Ch. 4 | Is It Easy to Be Honest? Glasnost in the Documentary Film | 127 |
| Ch. 5 | Down with Stuttering: Soviet Popular Genres and the New Film Language | 157 |
| Ch. 6 | From Accusatory to Joyful Laughter: Restructuring the Soviet Comic-Satiric Muse | 187 |
| Pt. 3 | The Islands of the Continent | |
| Ch. 7 | The Islands of the Continent: A Revised Map for Ethnic Cinemas | 219 |
| In Place of a Conclusion: The Zero Hour | 245 |
| Filmography | 251 |
| Bibliography | 263 |
| Index | 277 |
