Author

Publication

2016-04-22 - Manchester University Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Amazon0719097223

Classifications

  • LCCBH301.A94
  • LCCNX504 .H37 2016

Description

This title provides an examination of the cultural relations of the American and Soviet avant-gardes in a period of major transformation. From the formation of the USSR in 1922 until its recognition by the American government, American avant-garde artists, writers and designers watched the 'Red Dawn' with fascination, enthusiastically reporting on its post-revolutionary cultural developments in articles and books, and brought these works to an American audience in ground-breaking exhibitions. Americans also emulated and adapted aspects of Soviet culture, as in the case of the New Playwrights Theatre, a group that mixed Russian avant-garde theatrical techniques with jazz, vaudeville and slapstick comedy in plays about strikes and racial injustice.

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Other Editions

  • Watching the red dawn: The American avant-garde and the Soviet UnionHardcoverManchester University Press2016-04-22

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