Russian youth culture has been a subject of great interest to researchers since 1991. This volume engages theories of cultural globalization to chart how post-Soviet Russia's opening up to the West has been reflected in the cultural practices of its young people.

Russian youth culture has been a subject of great interest to researchers since 1991. This volume engages theories of cultural globalization to chart how post-Soviet Russia's opening up to the West has been reflected in the cultural practices of its young people. Visitors to Russia's cities often interpret the presence of designer clothes shops, Internet cafes and a vibrant club scene as evidence of "Westernization" of Russian youth. As this work shows, however, the younger generation has adopted a "pick and mix" strategy with regard to Western cultural commodities that reflects a receptiveness to the global alongside a precious guarding of the local. The authors show us how young people perceive Russia to be positioned in current global flows of cultural exchange, what their sense of Russia's place in the new global order is, and how they manage to "live with the West" on a daily basis.

Introduction, Hilary Pilkington
Cultural Globalization - A Peripheral Perspective, Hilary Pilkington and Uliana Bliudina
On the Outside Looking In? - The Place Of Youth In Russia's New Media and Information Space, Elena Omel'chenko and Ul'iana Bliudina
Talking Global? - Images of the West in the Youth Media, Moya Flynn and Elena Starkova
Through Their Own Eyes - Young People's Images of "the West", Elena Omel'chenko and Moya Flynn
"Progressives" and "Normals" - Strategies for Global Living, Hilary Pilkington (with Elena Starkova)
The Dark Side of the Moon? - Global and Local Horizons, Hilary Pilkington
Reconfiguring "the West" - Style and Music in Russian Youth Cultural Practice, Hilary Pilkington
Living with the West, Hilary Pilkington and Elena Omel'chenko.