{"product_id":"9781526139870","title":"Comradely objects","description":"Author: Yulia Karpova\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526139870\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Feb 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Russian avant-garde of the 1920s is broadly recognised to have been Russia's first truly original contribution to world culture. In contrast, Soviet design of the post-war period is often dismissed as hack-work and plagiarism that resulted in a shabby world of commodities. This book offers a new perspective on the history of Soviet design by focusing on the notion of the comradely object as an agent of progressive social relations that state-sponsored Soviet design inherited from the avant-garde. It introduces a shared history of domestic objects, hand-made as well as machine made, mass-produced as well as unique, utilitarian as well as challenging the conventional notion of utility. This is a study of post-avant-garde Russian productivism at the intersection of intellectual history, social history and material culture studies, an account attentive to the complexities and contradictions of Soviet design. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920492511390,"sku":"ING-9781526139870","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526139870.jpg?v=1782822016","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526139870","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}