Open letters : Russian popular culture and the picture postcard, 1880-1922 /

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In Open Letters, the most comprehensive study of Russian picture postcards to date, Alison Rowley uses this medium to explore a variety of aspects of Russian popular culture.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rowley, Alison (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, ON, Canada : University of Toronto [Ontario] Press, 2013.
Toronto, Ontario : Scholars Portal, 2013.
Subjects:
Postcards > Russia > History.
Postcards > Social aspects > Russia > History.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
ART > Techniques > Drawing.
Postcards.
Postcards > Social aspects.
Russia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: More than "Wish You Were Here"
  • Chapter One. The Market for Picture Postcards in Russia
  • Chapter Two. The Landscapes of Russian Imperialism
  • Chapter Three. Gender and Celebrity Culture via the Lens of the Picture Postcard: The Case of Vera Kholodnaia, the "Queen of the Russian Screen"
  • Chapter Four. Bodies on Display: Romantic and Erotic Postcards in Fin-de-Siècle Russia
  • Chapter Five. Monarchy and the Mundane: Picture Postcards and Images of the Romanovs
  • Chapter Six. Beyond Patriotic Discourse: Picture Postcards and Russia's First World War
  • Chapter Seven. Picture Postcards and the Russian Revolution, 1905-1922
  • Epilogue Picture Postcards across the Revolutionary Divide
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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