{"product_id":"monuments-askew-maria-corrigan-9781978843011","title":"Monuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor","description":"\u003ci\u003eMonuments Askew: An Elliptical History of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eMonuments Askew \u003c\/i\u003ereveals 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, \u003ci\u003eMonuments Askew \u003c\/i\u003eshows how FEKS's body of work inspires an eccentric realignment of the pillars of Soviet visual culture, and indeed of monumentality itself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Corrigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978843011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978843011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Maria Corrigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545923375359,"sku":"9781978843011","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82b0fa90-c685-4222-92bf-9af7e6e9670e.jpg?v=1738183707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monuments-askew-maria-corrigan-9781978843011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}