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Central Asia in art : from Soviet orientalism to the new republics / Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen, Aliya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Political aspects--Soviet Union.
- Art.
- Orientalism in art.
- Art--Political aspects.
- Soviet Union.
- Painting, Russian--20th century.
- Painting, Russian.
- Asia, Central--In art.
- Asia, Central.
- Central Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 289 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
- Summary:
- Presenting the 'untold story' of Soviet Orientalism, this book re-evaluates the imperial project of the Soviet state, placing the Orientalist undercurrent found within art and propaganda production in the USSR alongside the creation of new art forms in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
- Contents:
- Introduction: Soviet orientalism - the untold story
- The politics of multinationalism: messages from the centre
- Soviet totalitarianism: the visual experiment
- Teaching to see: bringing art tot he republics
- Learning to be: the natives learn to paint, or the arrival of Soviet identities
- De-Stalinisation and beyond: Stalin to Borat.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-286) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784533526
- 1784533521
- OCLC:
- 952160179
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