Words will break cement : the passion of Pussy Riot

by Masha Gessen

Paperback, 2014

Notes

A chilling account of how a performance by the feminist punk activist group, a small and somewhat absurd act to begin with, ballooned into a full-fledged catastrophe. The author is a lesbian. Interview with the author

Description

Drawing on access to the band's members and their families and associates, recreates the feminist punk activists' fierce act of political confrontation in Moscow, which made national headlines as they were punished for their act of defiance.

Collection

Call number

320 GES

Publication

London : Granta, 2014

Physical description

308 p.; 20 cm
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