Open Letters - Russian Popular Culture and the Picture Postcard, 1880-1922

Gorgeously illustrated, Open Letters uses picture postcards to explore aspects of Russian popular culture in the fin-de-siècle era.

List of contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: More than "Wish You Were Here"
1. The Market for Picture Postcards in Russia
2. The Landscapes of Russian Imperialism
3. Gender and Celebrity Culture via the Lens of the Picture Postcard: The Case of Vera Kholodnaia, the "Queen of the Russian Screen"
4. Bodies on Display: Romantic and Erotic Postcards in Fin-de-Siècle Russia
5. Monarchy and the Mundane: Picture Postcards and Images of the Romanovs
6. Beyond Patriotic Discourse: Picture Postcards and Russia’s First World War
7. Picture Postcards and the Russian Revolution, 1905-1922
Epilogue: Picture Postcards across the Revolutionary Divide
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By Alison Rowley

Summary

Gorgeously illustrated, Open Letters uses picture postcards to explore aspects of Russian popular culture in the fin-de-siècle era.

Product details

• Authors: Alison Rowley
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781487545284
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-4528-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Collecting, collectors' catalogues; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries