Art and Protest in Putin's Russia (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series) - Hardcover

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Jonson, Lena

 
9781138844957: Art and Protest in Putin's Russia (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
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ISBN 10: 1138844950 ISBN 13: 9781138844957
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

The Pussy Riot protest, and the subsequent heavy handed treatment of the protestors, grabbed the headlines, but this was not an isolated instance of art being noticeably critical of the regime. As this book, based on extensive original research, shows, there has been gradually emerging over recent decades a significant counter-culture in the art world which satirises and ridicules the regime and the values it represents, at the same time putting forward, through art, alternative values. The book traces the development of art and protest in recent decades, discusses how art of this kind engages in political and social protest, and provides many illustrations as examples of art as protest. The book concludes by discussing how important art has been in facilitating new social values and in prompting political protests.

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About the Author

Lena Jonson is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Russia Research Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138844950
ISBN 13 
9781138844957
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
282

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