Monuments for posterity self-commemoration and the Stalinist culture of time / Antony Kalashnikov.

Contents Introduction: Beyond Totalitarian Monuments -- Stalinist Monuments in Context -- Historicist Aesthetics: Developing an Enduring Architecture -- Synthetic Composition: Anticipating Posterity's Gaze -- The (Un)contested Politics of Stalinist Monument Building -- The Cultural Foundations of Stalinist Monument Building -- Self-commemoration and the Interwar Culture of Time -- Epilogue: Posterity's Monuments.
Abstract "This book examines Stalinist sculptural and architectural monuments, which were tasked with 'immortalizing the memory' of the era, for the edification of future generations. The book analyzes how this objective affected monument design and what factors prompted the popular yearning to be remembered-both in the Soviet Union and beyond its borders."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Kalashnikov, Antony, 1991- Monuments for posterity Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501768637
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