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Author Harte, Tim, author.

Title Faster, higher, stronger, comrades! : sports, art, and ideology in late Russian and early Soviet culture / Tim Harte.

Publication Info. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020]
©2020

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: The beauty and idealism of sports -- The cult(ure) of the circus wrestler in pre-revolutionary Russia -- Lyrical games: the poetics of Russia's modern sports movement -- Revolutionary goals: modern sports in Russian and early Soviet avant-garde art -- An eye for athletics: silent cinema and early Soviet sports -- Framing the future: Soviet sports in early Soviet photomontage and photography -- Higher and faster: art in the era of Stalinist sports -- Conclusion and coda: "unearthly order and splendor."
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Subject Sports -- Social aspects -- Russia -- History.
Sports -- Social aspects.
Russia.
History.
Sports.
Sports -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.
Soviet Union.
Arts, Russian -- Themes, motives.
Arts, Russian -- Themes, motives.
Arts, Russian.
Sports in art.
Sports in art.
Sports in literature.
Sports in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Harte, Tim. Faster, higher, stronger, comrades! Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020] 9780299327705 (DLC) 2019044435 (OCoLC)1126347200
ISBN 9780299327736 (electronic book)
0299327736 (electronic book)
9780299327705 (cloth)
0299327701