Lyudmila Parts is a professor of Russian and Slavic studies at McGill University in Montreal. She is the author of The Chekhovian Intertext: Dialogue with a Classic and the editor of The Russian Twentieth-Century Short Story: A Critical Companion.

• List of Illustrations                Acknowledgments                 Note on Translation and Transliteration                      Introduction: Imagining the Provinces                      1 Journalism: “We Look for Wealth in the Provinces and Find It There!”               2 Literature: In the Provincial State of Mind            3 Film and TV: “My Country—My Moscow!”                     Conclusion: On Cultural Authenticity                         Notes              Bibliography              Index

A fascinating study of how the internal Other of the provinces has been replacing the external Other of the West in post-Soviet cultural discourse. Useful for anyone interested in contemporary Russian culture." - Anne Lounsbery, New York University"A valuable exploration of how the symbolic geography of the provinces as an authentic Russian space is connected to the discourse of Russian nationalism." - Russian Review "A thought-provoking, topical book about an important theme. . . . In her comprehensive book, Lyudmila Parts analyses this phenomenon, the significance of the provinces in the new Russia, from the viewpoint of literature, journalism and cinema." - Scando-Slavica