The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures (Oxford Handbooks)

Synopsis

Stereotypes often cast communism as a defunct, bankrupt ideology and a relic of the distant past. However, recent political movements like Europe's anti-austerity protests, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street suggest that communism is still very much relevant and may even hold the key to a new, idealized future. In The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures, contributors trace the legacies of communist ideology in visual culture, from buildings and monuments, murals and sculpture, to recycling campaigns and wall newspapers, all of which work to make communism's ideas and values material. Contributors work to resist the widespread demonization of communism, demystifying its ideals and suggesting that it has visually shaped the modern world in undeniable and complex ways. Together, contributors answer curcial questions like: What can be salvaged and reused from past communist experiments? How has communism impacted the cultures of late capitalism? And how have histories of communism left behind visual traces of potential utopias? An interdisciplinary look at the cultural currency of communism today, The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures demonstrates the value of revisiting the practices of the past to form a better vision of the future.

Copyright:

2020

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780190885557

Related ISBNs:

9780190885540, 9780190885533

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Date of Addition:

12/18/22

Copyrighted By:

Oxford University Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Aga Skrodzka

Edited by:

Xiaoning Lu

Edited by:

Katarzyna Marciniak