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OverviewWhat distinguished the Soviet 'look'? How did Soviet thinkers and artists reimagine the relationship between observer and observed? Soviet Spectatorship answers these questions through an in depth exploration of Soviet physical culture and its on screen representations from the end of the Civil War to the eve of the Second World War. Samuel Goff identifies the three fundamental ‘structures of looking’ — surveillance, aesthetics, and spectatorship — that shaped representations of the embodied Soviet subject. Close readings of understudied films such as Happy Finish (1934), The Laurels of Miss Ellen Gray (1935) and A Strict Young Man (1936), are contextualised through a theoretical analysis of the relationship between subjectivity and the body. In doing so, Goff traces the evolution of a specific Soviet 'look', examining perspectives on Soviet aesthetics and theories of body and mind, uncovering continuities within Soviet visual cultures in a period usually understood in terms of discontinuity and rupture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel Goff (University of Cambridge, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic ISBN: 9781350411166ISBN 10: 1350411167 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 05 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Physical/Visual Culture 1. From Bodies to Subjects 2. Beautiful Bodies: The Bather 3. Gendered Bodies: The Runner 4. Violent Bodies: The Footballer Conclusion: Utopia Incarnate Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsSoviet Spectatorship brilliantly combines subtle and sophisticated analysis of evolving early Soviet understandings of psychology, socialised communality, physical culture, spectatorship, beauty, gender and violence with bracingly original readings of the work of key painters and film makers of the period. -- Julian Graffy, University College London, UK Author InformationSamuel Goff is Affiliated Lecturer in Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is Editorial Director of the film platform Klassiki, and a former editor at The Calvert Journal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |