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Watching the red dawn : the American avant-garde and the Soviet Union /
This title provides an examination of the cultural relations of the American and Soviet avant-gardes in a period of major transformation. From the formation of the USSR in 1922 until its recognition by the American government, American avant-garde artists, writers and designers watched the 'Red...
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| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Watching the red dawn; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the red Atlantic; 1. Constructivism in the USA: machine art and architecture at The Little Review exhibitions; 2. The mass and the machine: The New Playwrights Theatre and American radical Constructivism; 3. Kino in America: Soviet montage and the American cinematic avant-garde; 4. Camera eyes: the worker photography movement and the New Vision in America; Epilogue: red train journeys; Bibliography; Index.