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Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades!
Sports, Art, and Ideology in Late Russian and Early Soviet Culture
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eBook - PDF
Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades!
Sports, Art, and Ideology in Late Russian and Early Soviet Culture
About this book
The revival of the Olympic games in 1896 and the subsequent rise of modern athletics prompted a new, energetic movement away from more sedentary habits. In Russia, this ethos soon became a key facet of the Bolsheviks' shared vision for the future. In the aftermath of the revolution, glorification of exercise persevered, pointing the way toward a stronger, healthier populace and a vibrant Socialist society.
With interdisciplinary analysis of literature, painting, and film, Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades! traces how physical fitness had an even broader impact on culture and ideology in the Soviet Union than previously realized. From prerevolutionary writers and painters glorifying popular circus wrestlers to Soviet photographers capturing unprecedented athleticism as a means of satisfying their aesthetic ideals, the nation's artists embraced sports in profound, inventive ways. Though athletics were used for doctrinaire purposes, Tim Harte demonstrates that at their core, they remained playful, joyous physical activities capable of stirring imaginations and transforming everyday realities.
With interdisciplinary analysis of literature, painting, and film, Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades! traces how physical fitness had an even broader impact on culture and ideology in the Soviet Union than previously realized. From prerevolutionary writers and painters glorifying popular circus wrestlers to Soviet photographers capturing unprecedented athleticism as a means of satisfying their aesthetic ideals, the nation's artists embraced sports in profound, inventive ways. Though athletics were used for doctrinaire purposes, Tim Harte demonstrates that at their core, they remained playful, joyous physical activities capable of stirring imaginations and transforming everyday realities.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- Introduction: The Beauty and Idealism of Sports
- 1. Herculean Heights: The Cult(ure) of the Circus Wrestler in Prerevolutionary Russia
- 2. Lyrical Games: The Poetics of Russia’s Modern Sports Movement
- 3. Revolutionary Goals: Modern Sports in Russian and Early Soviet Avant-Garde Art
- 4. An Eye for Athletics: Silent Cinema and Early Soviet Sports
- 5. Framing the Future: Sports in Early Soviet Photomontage and Photography
- 6. Higher and Faster: Art in the Era of Stalinist Sports
- Conclusion: This New Sporting Life
- Coda: “Unearthly Order and Splendor”
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index