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The New Russian Book. A Graphic Cultural History.
Birgitte Beck Pristed
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Description for The New Russian Book. A Graphic Cultural History.
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 330 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, ... Read more
This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Book History
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319507071
SKU
V9783319507071
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Ref
99-15
About Birgitte Beck Pristed
Birgitte Beck Pristed is Assistant Professor in Russian Studies at the Department of Global Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz in Germany for her award-winning dissertation.
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