Richard Taylor is Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK, and the editor of the Selected Works of Eisenstein and The Eisenstein Reader (BFI, 1998).Nancy Wood is Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, and was formerly Managing Editor of East European Reporter.Julian Graffy is Lecturer in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK, writes widely on Russian film and culture and is a contributor to Sight and Sound.Dina Iordanova works at the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, UK, and was formerly at University of Texas, Austin, USA.

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Richard Taylor is Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea, UK, and the editor of the Selected Works of Eisenstein and The Eisenstein Reader (BFI, 1998).Nancy Wood is Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, and was formerly Managing Editor of East European Reporter.Julian Graffy is Lecturer in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, UK, writes widely on Russian film and culture and is a contributor to Sight and Sound.Dina Iordanova works at the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, UK, and was formerly at University of Texas, Austin, USA.

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