The New Russian Book: A Graphic Cultural History (New Directions in Book History)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3319507079 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 343 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. 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.. 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. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers
As a new contribution to both areas, it simply has no rival: this will be the book on Soviet and post-Soviet book design.” (Dr Eliot Borenstein, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, USA)“The New Russian Book is an amazing cultural history of post-Soviet Russia analyzed through the ups and downs of its extraordinary graphic culture. “In her pioneering study, Birgitte Beck Pristed radically subverts the routine perception of the book as a victim by drawing our attention to the things that books themselves could do. Oushakine, author of “The Patri