Ideology and the Arts in the Soviet Union
The Establishment of Censorship and Control
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2018
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-330-9 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-330-9 (ISBN)
The decade immediately following the Bolsheviks' victory in the Russian Civil War saw an artistic and cultural flowering in Russia. Some of the great names of twentieth century culture - Bulgakov, Mayakovsky, Stanislavski, Prokofiev - rose to prominence with the new revolution. At the same time however, this period saw the creation of the complex
Lenin was an unambiguous supporter of total censorship and control of culture, while, interestingly, a young Stalin defended Bulgakov against charges of 'bourgeois' leanings. By charting the direction of theatre, literature and the Bolshevik leadership in this period, Steven Richmond provides a fascinating history of cultural life in communist Russia - and an insight into the character of totalitarianism itself. Essential reading for students and scholars of twentieth century social, literary and cultural history, this will become one of the key works on censorship in the early Soviet Union.
Lenin was an unambiguous supporter of total censorship and control of culture, while, interestingly, a young Stalin defended Bulgakov against charges of 'bourgeois' leanings. By charting the direction of theatre, literature and the Bolshevik leadership in this period, Steven Richmond provides a fascinating history of cultural life in communist Russia - and an insight into the character of totalitarianism itself. Essential reading for students and scholars of twentieth century social, literary and cultural history, this will become one of the key works on censorship in the early Soviet Union.
Steven Richmond is Assistant Professor of History at Istanbul Technical University. He completed his PhD at the University of Chicago, supervised by Sheila Fitzpatrick, and the dissertation on which this book is based won the Robert T. Renck award for best dissertation in the Social Sciences.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | International Library of Twentieth Century History ; v. 60 |
Zusatzinfo | 12 integrated bw |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 134 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78076-330-1 / 1780763301 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78076-330-9 / 9781780763309 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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