Description
Book SynopsisThis collection offers a variety of scholarly views on illustrated books for Soviet children, covering everything from artistic innovation to state propaganda.
Trade Review"One reason this book makes a significant contribution to studies on children’s literature and culture is its remarkable interdisciplinary approach. A persuasive picture of the complicated conditions in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s and their influence on children’s literature can only be conveyed if the political, social, historical, and cultural circumstances are considered and related to one another –which this collection has succeeded in doing to a convincing degree." -- Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, University of Tübingen *
International Research in Children's Literature *
"This magnificent, beautifully produced volume contains over 250 period illustrations, bringing the object of its important and innovative scholarship to life… The enduring value of this edited volume will be both its scholarship and its stunning visuality and ‘gaze-appeal’" -- Megan Swift, University of Victoria *
The Russian Review *
"For decades to come, The Pedagogy of Images will remain a go-to resource on the early Soviet picture books for literature scholars, historians of public education, researchers of totalitarian art, librarians, and graphic artists." -- Olga Voronina, Bard College *
Slavic Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Primers of Soviet Modernity: Depicting Communism for Children in Early Soviet Russia Serguei Alex. Oushakine and Marina Balina Part One: Mediation 1. Three Degrees of Exemplary Boyhood in Boris Kustodiev’s Soviet Paradise Helena Goscilo 2. How the Revolution Triumphed: Alisa Poret’s Textbook of Cultural Iconography Yuri Leving 3. Foto-glaz: Children as Photo-Correspondents in Early Soviet Periodicals Erika Wolf 4. Autonomous Animals Animated: Samozveri as a Constructivist Do It Yourself Book Aleksandar Bošković 5. The Fragile Power of Paper and Projection Birgitte Beck Pristed Part Two: Technology 6. From Nature to “Second Nature” and Back Larissa Rudova 7. The Production of the Man-Machine: The Child as Instrument of Futurity Sara Pankenier Weld 8. Spells of Materialist Magic, or Soviet Children and Electric Power Kirill Chunikin 9. “Do It Yourself!”: Teaching Technological Creativity at the Time of Soviet Industrialization Maria Litovskaia 10. The Camel and the Caboose: Viktor Shklovsky’s Turksib and the Pedagogy of Uneven Development Michael Kunichika 11. Aero-plane, Aero-boat, Aero-sleigh: Propelling Everywhere in Soviet Transportation Katherine M. N. Reischl Part Three: Power 12. Spatializing Revolutionary Temporality: From Montage and Dynamism to Map and Plan Kevin M. F. Platt 13. “Poor, Poor Il’ich”: Visualizing Lenin’s Death for Children Marina Sokolovskaia and Daniil Leiderman 14. Young Soldiers at Play: The Red Army Solder as Icon Stephen M. Norris 15. The Working Body and Its Prostheses: Inventing the Aesthetics and Anatomy of Class for Soviet Children Alexey Golubev 16. Amerikanizm: The Brave New World of Soviet Civilization Thomas Keenan List of Illustrations Contributors
