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Dynamising Things: Essays on Objects, Relations, and People / Serguei Oushakine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oushakine, Serguei, author.
- Series:
- Historical Materialism Book Series ; 383.
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Historical Materialism Book Series ; 383
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and Cultural Studies.
- Media Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (620 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using diverse historical and ethnographic materials, this collection explores the various relationships between people and things that were actively fostered during the seven decades of Soviet socialism. It demonstrates how things, not always fully socialist, energized social relations, shaped communities, cultivated new identities, objectified emerging attitudes, and provoked affective attachments. In particular, this collection pays close attention to what Viktor Shklovsky, the founder of Russian Formalism, called “long-term things”—palpable, non-fictitious objects that refuse to disappear, insisting instead on their active presence and enduring relevance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alex. Oushakine, Serguei Dynamising Things: Essays on Objects, Relations, and People
- ISBN:
- 9789004760363
- OCLC:
- 1595740262
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004760363 DOI
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