The modernist masquerade
Subtitle: stylizing life, literature, and costumes in Russia
By: Colleen McQuillen
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780299296148
Subjects: Modernism (Literature); History and criticism; Masquerades; Masquerades in literature; Russian literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Masquerades in Russian history and culture; title: The travestied masquerade : aesthetics, ethics, and demonism; title: The political masquerade : impersonation, national identity, and power; title: The gender masquerade : constructions of feminine identity; title: Figurative costumes : metaphors in text and textile; title: Character costumes : cultural memory and the philological masquerade; title: Avant-garde costumes : estranging practices of masquerade; title: Revealing costumes : bared bodies on stage; title: The early Soviet masquerade.