Photography and Political Repressions in Stalin's Russia: Defacing the Enemy

ISBN-13: 9781032027050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 156 str.

Denis Skopin

Opis

This book is devoted to the phenomenon of removal of people declared “public enemies” from group photographs in Stalin’s Russia.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Stalin’s Repressions: Historical Overview and Theoretical Examination 2. “Portrait” Criminal Cases 3. Group Portraits: Ontological and Political Backgrounds of the Genre 4.Collapseof Interpersonal and Family RelationshipsDuring the Terror: Editing Photographs of Friends and Family Members5. The Photographs of “Former People” in the NKVD Card Indexes and Edited Photographs of the Secret Police Officers Conclusion

O autorze

Denis Skopin is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia.