{"product_id":"monuments-for-posterity-9781501768637","title":"Monuments for Posterity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonuments for Posterity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e challenges the common assumption that Stalinist monuments were constructed with an immediate, propagandistic function, arguing instead that they were designed to memorialize the present for an imagined posterity.\u003c\/b\u003e In this respect, even while pursuing its monument-building program with a singular ruthlessness and on an unprecedented scale, the Stalinist regime was broadly in step with transnational monument-building trends of the era and their undergirding cultural dynamics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy integrating approaches from cultural history, art criticism, and memory studies, along with previously unexplored archival material, Antony Kalashnikov examines the origin and implementation of the Stalinist monument-building program from the perspective of its goal to immortalize the memory of the era. He analyzes how this objective affected the design and composition of Stalinist monuments, what cultural factors prompted the sudden and powerful yearning to b\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409370095959,"sku":"9781501768637","price":88.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501768637.jpg?v=1730506567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monuments-for-posterity-9781501768637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}