Flesh to Metal: Soviet Literature and the Alchemy of Revolution
Rolf Hellebust
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
"That science-fiction future in which technology would make everything very good—or very bad—has not yet arrived. From our vantage point at least, no age appears to have had a deeper faith in the inevitability and imminence of such a total technological transformation than the early twentieth century. Russia was no exception."—from the introduction
In the Soviet Union, it seems, armoring oneself against the world did not suffice—it was best to become metal itself. In his engaging and accessible book, Rolf Hellebust explores the aesthetic and ideological function of the metallization of the revolutionary body as revealed in Soviet literature, art, ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801488924
SKU
KIN0006153
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About Rolf Hellebust
Rolf Hellebust is Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian Studies at the University of Calgary.
Reviews for Flesh to Metal: Soviet Literature and the Alchemy of Revolution
Hellebust surveys the USSR's obsessive images involving transformation of humans into metal and machines.... Hellebust's discussion of the 1960s 'scientific-technological revolution' is particularly welcome, since very few Western scholars address this topic.... Hellebust's style is unusually lively and engaging, complementing sound research and a sophisticated theoretical framework. The volume contains several illustrations and an impressive bibliography and endnotes. Summing Up: ... Read more