Imaging and Mapping Eastern Europe - Sarmatia Europea to Post-Communist Bloc

This book puts images centre stage and argues for the agency of the visual in the construction of Europe's east as a socio-political and cultural entity.

List of contents

1. Welcome to Slaka; 2. Mapping Eastern Europe; 3. The Lure of the Ethnic Dress: Eastern Europe in the Traveller's Gaze; 4. Mr Punch Draws Eastern Europe; 5. The Battle of the Dust Jackets; 6. Farewell to Slaka

About the author

Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius teaches in the Department of History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London. She was Deputy Director of the National Museum in Warsaw.

Summary

This book puts images centre stage and argues for the agency of the visual in the construction of Europe’s east as a socio-political and cultural entity.

Product details

• Authors: Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius, Katarzyna (Birkbeck College Murawska-Muthesius, Murawska-Muthesius Katarzyna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032003610
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3200361-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Eastern Europe, Theory of art, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, ART / European, ART / Art & Politics, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Popular Culture, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-left political ideologies and movements, The Cold War, Marxism & Communism, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Russia / General, ART / Russian & Soviet