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OverviewThe volume examines the documentary practices of film, theatre, and literature from the 1960s to the 2020s in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and the Baltic states. Methodologically innovative case studies consider contemporary ‘witness art’ – for example verbatim theatre based on interviews with people participating in political protest and war. The contributions expand on the political, medial, and aesthetic developments that shaped Soviet attitudes towards the arts and show how these concepts still influence contemporary practices. The essays are written for scholars and students of literature, culture, sociology, film, theatre, and trauma studies, but also for general readers interested in the documentary arts. The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has reinforced a dynamic that had already gained traction due to the political transformations post-1991 and the Euro-Maidan. Ukrainian documentary art has become a tool to witness rapid change and to counteract media warfare. Artists have reacted by creating works that address traumatizing experiences by keeping records and analyzing the ongoing events at the same time. The essays reflect on documentary approaches that are proving to be collaborative artistic tools in violent times. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anja Tippner (Hamburg University) , Johanna Lindbladh (Lund University)Publisher: Central European University Press Imprint: Central European University Press ISBN: 9789633866733ISBN 10: 9633866731 Pages: 350 Publication Date: 31 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAnja Tippner is a Full Professor of Slavic Literatures at Hamburg University. She works on concepts of documentation and life-writing as well as representations of the Holocaust and extreme experiences in Russian, Polish, and Czech literature. Her current research focuses on documentary and collaborative (life-)writing. Johanna Lindbladh is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages at Lund University. She studies memory processes in literature, film and theatre dealing with (traumatic) experiences during and after the Soviet era. Her current research focuses on conceptualizations of testimony in art as well as in court, psychotherapy and everyday conversation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |