New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies

New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies


Valerie Sperling, “Sex, Politics and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia” (Oxford UP, 2015)

May 23, 2016

The prevalence of media that reinforces a traditional masculine image of Vladimir Putin, Russiaâs leader, is at the core of Valerie Sperlingâs analysis of gender norms and sexualization as a means of political legitimacy. Not surprisingly, the cover ofâ¦