Monuments Askew An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor
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2025
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9781978843028
Publisert
2025-08-12
Utgiver
Rutgers University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
180
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Biografisk notat
MARIA CORRIGAN is an assistant professor in the College in the Visual and Media Arts Department and Comedic Arts Program at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor presents a cultural history of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor (FEKS), an avant-garde collective of Ukrainian artists whose unique approach to monumental history generated a new kind of cinema for a modernizing Soviet era. Often lost in the shuffle of this period, FEKS’s vibrant and experimental cinematic output initiated a youthful and cheeky overhaul of Soviet revolutionary culture. Monuments Askew reveals the foundational role of this understudied group of artists-including Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg-and uses their own theoretical contributions to undo the “foundations” of our understanding of Soviet media and arts. As a counter to a solely cinema-focused conceptualization of this era, Corrigan develops a transnational media theory of eccentricity. Defining eccentric circles as warped, irregular orbits that force a realignment of centers, Monuments Askew shows how FEKS’s body of work inspires an eccentric realignment of the pillars of Soviet visual culture, and indeed of monumentality itself.
Les mer
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Filmography
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Eccentric Interlude: Kozintsev’s Inner Movement
1. “The Technique-Circus. The Psychology-Head over Heels”: FEKS’s First Somersault in Cinema
Eccentric Interlude: Trauberg Inside Out
2. The Devil’s Wheel: The Flight from Center
Eccentric Interlude: Actors
3. FEKS’s Overcoat and Eccentrism’s Protagonist
Eccentric Interlude: Split
4. The Trickster: S.V.D. and Eccentrism’s Counter-rebel
Conclusion: Eccentric Archives
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations ix
Introduction: Eccentrism as Method 1
Eccentric Interlude: Kozintsev’s
Inner Movement 17
1 “The Technique-Circus.
The Psychology-
Head
over Heels”: FEKS’s First Somersault in Cinema 25
Eccentric Interlude: Trauberg Inside Out 47
2 The Devil’s
Wheel: The Flight from Center 57
Eccentric Interlude: Actors 71
3 FEKS’s Overcoat and Eccentrism’s Protagonist 79
Eccentric Interlude: Split 101
4 The Trickster: Eccentrism’s Counter-Rebel
111
Conclusion: Eccentric Archives 124
Acknowledgments
127
Notes 129
Bibliography 145
Filmography 153
Index 000
Acknowledgments
Filmography
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Eccentric Interlude: Kozintsev’s Inner Movement
1. “The Technique-Circus. The Psychology-Head over Heels”: FEKS’s First Somersault in Cinema
Eccentric Interlude: Trauberg Inside Out
2. The Devil’s Wheel: The Flight from Center
Eccentric Interlude: Actors
3. FEKS’s Overcoat and Eccentrism’s Protagonist
Eccentric Interlude: Split
4. The Trickster: S.V.D. and Eccentrism’s Counter-rebel
Conclusion: Eccentric Archives
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations ix
Introduction: Eccentrism as Method 1
Eccentric Interlude: Kozintsev’s
Inner Movement 17
1 “The Technique-Circus.
The Psychology-
Head
over Heels”: FEKS’s First Somersault in Cinema 25
Eccentric Interlude: Trauberg Inside Out 47
2 The Devil’s
Wheel: The Flight from Center 57
Eccentric Interlude: Actors 71
3 FEKS’s Overcoat and Eccentrism’s Protagonist 79
Eccentric Interlude: Split 101
4 The Trickster: Eccentrism’s Counter-Rebel
111
Conclusion: Eccentric Archives 124
Acknowledgments
127
Notes 129
Bibliography 145
Filmography 153
Index 000
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781978843028
Publisert
2025-08-12
Utgiver
Rutgers University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
180
Forfatter