The new Russian book : a graphic cultural history /
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| Author / Creator: | Pristed, Birgitte Beck, author. |
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| Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave MacMillan, [2017] |
| Description: | xvii, 343 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New directions in book history New directions in book history. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336190 |
| Summary: | This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, the Western and the Soviet, that results both in a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow forms and in ideological re-interpretations of the literary works, this book contributes to opening an East-West dialogue between the fields of Russian studies, contemporary book and media history, art, design, and visual studies. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 343 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783319507071 3319507079 |
