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Watching the Red Dawn: The American Avant-Garde and the Soviet Union
Barnaby Haran
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Description for Watching the Red Dawn: The American Avant-Garde and the Soviet Union
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 608.
This book offers the first sustained examination of the cultural relations of the American and Soviet avant-gardes in a period of major transformation. From the formation of the USSR in 1922 until its recognition by the American government, American avant-garde artists, writers and designers watched the 'Red Dawn' with fascination, enthusiastically reporting on its post-revolutionary cultural developments in articles and books, and brought these works to an American audience in ground-breaking exhibitions. Americans also emulated and adapted aspects of Soviet culture, as in the case of the New Playwrights Theatre, a ... Read more
This book offers the first sustained examination of the cultural relations of the American and Soviet avant-gardes in a period of major transformation. From the formation of the USSR in 1922 until its recognition by the American government, American avant-garde artists, writers and designers watched the 'Red Dawn' with fascination, enthusiastically reporting on its post-revolutionary cultural developments in articles and books, and brought these works to an American audience in ground-breaking exhibitions. Americans also emulated and adapted aspects of Soviet culture, as in the case of the New Playwrights Theatre, a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719097225
SKU
V9780719097225
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About Barnaby Haran
Barnaby Haran is Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Hull -- .
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