The Firebird and the Fox - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeffrey BrooksTheme:Cultural Region/Eastern EuropePublish date:10/24/2019Pages:346
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108484466ISBN-10:1108484468UPC:9781108484466Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Eastern Europe, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.704Product ID:SCN5HJM436
Showcasing the genius of Russian literature, art, music, and dance over a century of turmoil, within the dynamic cultural ecosystem that shaped it, The Firebird and the Fox explores the shared traditions, mutual influences and enduring themes that recur in these art forms. The book uses two emblematic characters from Russian culture - the firebird, symbol of the transcendent power of art in defiance of circumstance and the efforts of censors to contain creativity; and the fox, usually female and representing wit, cleverness and the agency of artists and everyone who triumphs over adversity - to explore how Russian cultural life changed between 1850 and 1950. Jeffrey Brooks reveals how high culture drew on folk and popular genres, then in turn influenced an expanding commercial culture. Richly illustrated, The Firebird and the Fox assuredly and imaginatively navigates the complex terrain of this eventful century.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108484466ISBN-10:1108484468UPC:9781108484466Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Eastern Europe, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.704Product ID:SCN5HJM436
Brooks, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Brooks is Professor in the Department of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of When Russia Learned to Read (1985), which was awarded the 1986 Wayne S. Vucinich Prize, Thank You, Comrade Stalin (1999), and Lenin and the Making of the Soviet State (2006), with Georgiy Chernyavskiy.
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