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"Overkill" is the term Borenstein (Russian / Slavic studies, New York U.) uses to describe the sensationally violent and abnormally graphic sexual nature of entertainment and mass culture in late- and post-Soviet Russia. In his examination of the "new Russian" pop culture, Borenstein sees overkill as a complex phenomenon born of even more complex circumstances, much more than a pendulous reaction to the end of state censorship. He posits that lurid and disturbing elements of pop culture are a collective expression of anxiety as the people of the Russian Federation confront new truths and fears after 74 years under the Soviet system. Borenstein provides fascinating cultural and political background information about the now-public treatment of subjects and ideas that, only a generation ago, could not be mentioned by name. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)