Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades! : Sports, Art, and Ideology in Late Russian and Early Soviet Culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harte, Tim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports > Social aspects.
Sports in literature.
Sports in art.
Arts, Russian > Themes, motives.
HISTORY > General.
Sports dans la litterature.
Sports dans l'art.
Arts russes > Themes, motifs.
Sports > Aspect social > URSS > Histoire.
Sports > Aspect social > Russie > Histoire.
Sports > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History.
Sports > Social aspects > Russia > History.
Soviet Union.
Russia.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The beauty and idealism of sports
  • The cult(ure) of the circus wrestler in pre-revolutionary Russia
  • Lyrical games: the poetics of Russia's modern sports movement
  • Revolutionary goals: modern sports in Russian and early Soviet avant-garde art
  • An eye for athletics: silent cinema and early Soviet sports
  • Framing the future: Soviet sports in early Soviet photomontage and photography
  • Higher and faster: art in the era of Stalinist sports
  • Conclusion and coda: "unearthly order and splendor."

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