Photography and political repressions in Stalin's Russia : defacing the enemy /

Photography and political repressions in Stalin's Russia : defacing the enemy /

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Author / Creator:	Skopin, Denis, author.
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xi, 155 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge history of photography Routledge history of photography.
Subject:	Photography -- Soviet Union -- History. Photography of families -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union. Portrait photography -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union. Photography -- Retouching -- Soviet Union. Photographs -- Censorship -- Soviet Union. Photographs -- Forgeries -- Soviet Union. Political persecution -- Soviet Union. Missing persons -- Soviet Union. Missing persons. Photographs -- Censorship. Photographs -- Forgeries. Photography. Photography -- Retouching. Political persecution. Soviet Union. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12776098

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ISBN:	9781032027050 1032027053 9781032027074 103202707X 9781003184744 9781000547221 9781000547177
Notes:	This book is not a translationi of La photographie de groupe et la politique de disparition dans la Russie de Staline. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book is devoted to the phenomenon of removal of people declared "public enemies" from group photographs in Stalin's Russia. The book is based on long-term empirical research in Russian archives and includes 57 photographs that are exceptional in terms of historical interest: all these images bear traces of editing in the form of various marks, such as blacking-out, excisions or scratches. The illustrative materials also include a group of photographs with inscriptions left by officers of Stalin's secret police, the NKVD. To approach this extensive visual material, Denis Skopin draws on a wealth of Stalin-era written sources: memoirs, diaries and official documents. He argues that this kind of political iconoclasm cannot be confused with censorship nor vandalism. The practice in question is more harrowing and morally twisted, for in most cases the photos were defaced by those who were part of the victim's intimate circle: his/her colleagues, friends, or even close family members. The book will be of interest to scholars working in history of photography, art history, visual culture, Russian studies, and Russian history and politics"--
Other form:	Online version: Skopin, Denis. Photography and political repressions in Stalin's Russia New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003184744

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