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OverviewDuring the late Soviet period, the art collective known as the Mitki emerged in Leningrad. Producing satirical poetry and prose, pop music, cinema, and conceptual performance art, this group fashioned a playful, emphatically countercultural identity with affinities to European avant-garde and American hippie movements. More broadly, Alexandar Mihailovic shows, the Mitki pioneered a form of political protest art that has since become a centerpiece of activism in post-Soviet Russia, most visibly today in groups such as Pussy Riot. He draws on extensive interviews with members of the collective and illuminates their critique of the authoritarian state, militarism, and social strictures from the Brezhnev years to the present. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexandar MihailovicPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9780299314903ISBN 10: 0299314901 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 28 February 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA masterful exploration of the work and world of the Mitki that moves seamlessly between analysis of different art forms - graphic arts, literature, and film - and chronicles the journey of its original members from debauched alcoholism to sobriety. - Emily Johnson, author of How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself A masterful exploration of the work and world of the Mitki that moves seamlessly between analysis of different art forms - graphic arts, literature, and film - and chronicles the journey of its original members from debauched alcoholism to sobriety. - Emily Johnson, author of How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself Author InformationAlexandar Mihailovic is a professor emeritus of comparative literature and Russian at Hofstra University and visiting professor at Bennington College. His books include Corporeal Words: Mikhail Bakhtin's Theology of Discourse and an edited volume, Tchaikovsky and His Contemporaries: A Centenary Symposium. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |