Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer For Freedom: Letters From Prison, Songs, Poems, and Courtroom Statements Plus Tributes to the Punk Band That Shook the World

Riot, Pussy

ISBN 10: 1558618341 / ISBN 13: 9781558618343

Published by Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 2013

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing paperback original, no hardcover issued. Book in fine condition with gift inscription, spine uncreased. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Am happy to supply scans.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1740317628086

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer For Freedom: Letters From Prison, Songs, Poems, and Courtroom Statements Plus Tributes to the Punk Band That Shook the World
• Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558618341
• ISBN 13: 9781558618343
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

SPECIAL TO THE PRINT EDITION: New courtroom statements from October 10 appeal, and tributes by Bianca Jagger, Peaches & Simonne Jones, Tobi Vail, Barbara Browning, Vivien Goldman.

On February 21, 2012, five members of a Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot staged a performance in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Dressed in brightly colored tights and balaclavas, they performed their punk prayer, asking the Virgin Mary to drive out Russian president Vladimir Putin from the church. After just forty seconds, they were chased out by security. Three members of the collective, Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, known as Masha, Nadya, and Katya, were later arrested and charged with felony hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. As their trial unfolded, these young women became global feminist icons, garnering the attention and support of activists and artists around the world.

Pussy Riot! is an essential document of this galvanizing historical moment. It includes letters from prison, courtroom statements, defense attorney closing arguments, poems, the infamous punk prayer, and tributes by Yoko Ono, Johanna Fateman, Karen Finley, Justin Vivian Bond, Eileen Myles, and JD Samson.

About the Author

Pussy Riot: PUSSY RIOT is a feminist punk performance collective based in Moscow. Founded in 2011, they perform public artistic responses to Russian politics. In February of 2012, three members of the group were arrested and charged with felony hooliganism after performing in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Yekaterina Samutsevich were sentenced to two years in prison.