{"product_id":"open-letters-alison-rowley-9781487545284","title":"Open Letters: Russian Popular Culture and the Picture Postcard, 1880-1922","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the fin-de-si鐵le and early revolutionary eras, picture postcards were an important medium of communication for Russians of all backgrounds. In \u003ci\u003eOpen Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, the most comprehensive study of Russian picture postcards to date, Alison Rowley uses this medium to explore a variety of aspects of Russian popular culture. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 130 images, most of which have never been published before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough her examinations of postcards, Rowley addresses a diverse range of topics: how landscape postcards conveyed notions of imperialism; the role of postcards in the rise of celebrity culture; depictions of the body on erotic and pornographic postcards; how postcards were employed to promote differing interpretations of the First World War; and the use of postcards by revolutionary groups seeking to overthrow the Tsarist government. Rowley determines the extent to which Russia was embedded in Europe-wide cultural trends by situating the Russian case within a larger European context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Rowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487545282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487545284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Alison Rowley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945423700223,"sku":"9781487545284","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_671f5c76-c4d2-4a0a-ac1a-91950a2e6f51.jpg?v=1681508301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/open-letters-alison-rowley-9781487545284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}