Why ‘punk’? Religion, anarchism and feminism in Pussy Riot’s Punk Prayer

Pussy Riot became world famous after their Punk Prayer in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. This paper looks at the religious and political statements of some Pussy Riot members against the background of their Russian context and explains why the politically radical left-wing, anarchist...

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Main Author: Willems, Joachim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2014
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2014, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 403-419
Further subjects:B Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
B Feminism
B punk rock
B Pussy Riot
B Anarchism
B yurodstvo
B Russia
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