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Socialist senses : film, feeling, and the Soviet subject, 1917-1940 / Emma Widdis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Widdis, Emma, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History and criticism.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Drawing upon an extraordinary array of films, noted scholar Emma Widdis shows how Soviet cinema, as it evolved from the revolutionary avant-garde to Socialist Realism, gradually shifted its materialist agenda from emphasizing the external senses to instilling the appropriate internal senses (consciousness, emotions) in the new Soviet subject.
- Contents:
- Introduction: feeling Soviet
- Avant-garde sensations
- Material sensations
- Textile sensations
- Socialist sensations
- Primitive sensations
- Modern sensations
- Socialist feelings
- Socialist transformations
- Socialist pleasures
- Conclusion: the death of sensation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253027078
- 0253027071
- OCLC:
- 990183259
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