The recurrence of fate : theatre & memory in twentieth-century Russia /

How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book, the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance, Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Golub, Spencer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, ©1994.
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Subjects:
Die Stadt ohne Juden
1900-1999
Theater and society > Russia (Federation)
Theater > Russia (Federation) > History > 20th century.
Russian drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Théâtre et société > Russie.
Théâtre > Russie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Théâtre russe > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Intellectual life
Russian drama
Theater
Theater and society
Drama
Erinnerung
Toneel.
Geschichte 1900-1980.
Russia (Federation) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Russia (Federation)
Russische SFSR
Russisch.
Russland (Sowjetrepublik)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:How, why, and according to whose definitions and requirements does a culture self-consciously create memory and project its fate? In this remarkable book, the first in English to treat Russian history as theatre and cultural performance, Spencer Golub reveals the performative nature of Russian history in the twentieth century and the romantic imprisonment/self-imprisonment of the creative intelligentsia within this scenario.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-262) and index.
ISBN:158729088X
9781587290886

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