Watching the Red Dawn - The American Avant-Garde and the Soviet Union (Hardcover)

This book offers the first sustained 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 Dawn' with fascination, enthusiastically reporting on its post-revolutionary cultural developments in articles and books, and brought these works to an American audience in ground-breaking exhibitions. Americans also emulated and adapted aspects of Soviet culture, as in the case of the New Playwrights Theatre, a group that mixed Russian avant-garde theatrical techniques with jazz, vaudeville and slapstick comedy in plays about strikes and racial injustice. Figures discussed include Louis Lozowick, Jane Heap, Frederick Kiesler, Ralph Steiner, John dos Passos, Margaret Bourke-White and Langston Hughes. Watching the red dawn takes an innovative interdisciplinary approach, considering these developments in architecture, theatre, film, photography and literature, and will be invaluable for students and specialists in these subject areas. It provides a new perspective on American avant-garde culture of the inter-war years. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Barnaby Haran (Lecturer in American Arts)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-9722-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > General
LSN:	0-7190-9722-3
Barcode:	9780719097225

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