Watching the red dawn: The American avant-garde and the Soviet Union

Synopsis

This Title Provides An Examination Of The Cultural Relations Of The American And Soviet Avant-gardes In A Period Of Major Transformation. From The Formation Of The Ussr In 1922 Until Its Recognition By The American Government, American Avant-garde Artists, Writers And Designers Watched The 'red Dawn' With Fascination, Enthusiastically Reporting On Its Post-revolutionary Cultural Developments In Articles And Books, And Brought These Works To An American Audience In Ground-breaking Exhibitions. Americans Also Emulated And Adapted Aspects Of Soviet Culture, As In The Case Of The New Playwrights Theatre, A Group That Mixed Russian Avant-garde Theatrical Techniques With Jazz, Vaudeville And Slapstick Comedy In Plays About Strikes And Racial Injustice. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Constructivism In The Usa: Machine Art And Architecture At The Little Review Exhibitions -- 2. The Mass And The Machine: The New Playwrights Theatre And American Radical Constructivism -- 3. Kino In America: Soviet Montage And The American Cinematic Avant-garde -- 4. Camera Eyes: The Worker Photography Movement And The New Vision In America. Barnaby Haran. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.