Monuments for Posterity : Self-Commemoration and the Stalinist Culture of Time /

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"This book examines Stalinist sculptural and architectural monuments, which were tasked with 'immortalizing the memory' of the era, for the edification of future generations. The book analyzes how this objective affected monument design and what factors prompted the popular yearning t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalashnikov, Antony, 1991- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Socialist realism in art.
Socialist realism and architecture.
Monuments > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Memorialization > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Beyond Totalitarian Monuments
  • Stalinist Monuments in Context
  • Historicist Aesthetics: Developing an Enduring Architecture
  • Synthetic Composition: Anticipating Posterity's Gaze
  • The (Un)contested Politics of Stalinist Monument Building
  • The Cultural Foundations of Stalinist Monument Building
  • Self-commemoration and the Interwar Culture of Time
  • Epilogue: Posterity's Monuments.

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