{"product_id":"comintern-aesthetics-9781487504656","title":"Comintern Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFounded by Vladimir Lenin in 1919 to instigate a world revolution, the Comintern sought to advance not only the proletarian struggle but also a wide variety of radical causes, including fighting against imperialism and racism in settings as varied as Ireland, India, the United States, and China. Notoriously, and from the organization's outset, these causes grew ever more subservient to Soviet state interest and Stalinist centralization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComintern Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the cultural and political networks emerging from the Comintern have persisted, even after the Comintern's demise in 1943. Tracing these networks through a multiplicity of artistic forms geared towards advancing a common, liberated humanity, this volume captures both the failure and the enduring allure of a Soviet-centred world revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sixteen chapters in this edited volume examine cultural and revolutionary circuits that once connected Moscow to China, Southeast Asia, India, the Near East, Eastern Europe, Germany, Spain, and the Americas. The Soviet Union of the interwar years provided a template for the convergence of party politics and cultural history, but the volume traces how this template was adapted and reworked around the world. By emphasizing the shared Soviet routes of these far-flung circuits, \u003cem\u003eComintern Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e recaptures a long-lost moment in which cultures could not only transform perception but also highlight alternatives to capitalism - namely, an anti-colonial world imaginary foregrounding race, class, and gender equality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amelia Glaser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487504656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmelia M. Glaser\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSteven S. Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45352006418547,"sku":"9781487504656","price":188.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_394d42c3-f4e8-42e3-9f14-1da276c32fea.jpg?v=1786547681","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/comintern-aesthetics-9781487504656","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}