Tijana Vujosevic

Modernism and the making of the Soviet New Man (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The creation of Soviet culture in the 1920s and the 1930s was the most radical of modernist projects, both in aesthetic and in political terms. Modernism and the Making of the New Man explores the architecture of this period as the nexus between aesthetics and politics. The design of the material environment, according to the author, was the social effort that most clearly articulated the dynamic of the socialist project as a negotiation between utopia and reality, the will for progress and the will for tyranny. It was a comprehensive effort that brought together professional architects and statisticians, theatre directors, managers, housewives, pilots, construction workers... What they had in common was the enthusiasm for defining the "new man", the ideal citizen of the radiant future, and the settings in which he or she lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526114891
• Artikelnr.: 48796017

Autorenporträt

Tijana VujoSevic is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of British Columbia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The will of the universe Part II: Class
unconsciousness Part III: A home for a very industrious individual Part IV:
The world in the bathhouse, the bathhouse in the world Part V: Stalin and
the housewife Part VI: Golden calf, golden tooth Conclusion Bibliography
Index