{"product_id":"drawing-the-iron-curtain-jews-and-the-golden-age-of-soviet-animation-hardback-9780813577012","title":"Drawing the Iron Curtain; Jews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation (Hardback) 9780813577012","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDrawing the Iron Curtain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJews and the Golden Age of Soviet Animation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaya Balakirsky Katz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813577012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 109 photographs\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.794 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A superbly researched treatise that will be of keen interest to readers of Soviet history, Jewish studies, and film history. Students of animation will take particular delight in the detailed explorations of Yuri Norstein’s famous film \u003ci\u003eTale of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and of Cheburashka, the phenomenally popular character also known as the Soviet Mickey Mouse.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Library Journal) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com\/drawing-on-their-jewish-heritage\/\"'\u003e\"Drawing on their Jewish heritage\"\u003c\/a\u003e - an interview with Maya Balakirsky Katz \u0026amp;lt;http:\/\/jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com\/drawing-on-their-jewish-heritage\/\u0026amp;gt;\u003c\/div\u003e (The Jewish Standard) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/08\/arts\/design\/a-surge-of-interest-in-east-bloc-mementos.html\"'\u003e\"From Dishes to Spyware,Quirky Mementos of Soviet Dominion\"\u003c\/a\u003e - Eve M. Kahn on the recent surge of interest in East-Bloc mementos, including \u003ci\u003eDrawing the Iron Curtain \u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;lt;http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/08\/arts\/design\/a-surge-of-interest-in-east-bloc-mementos.html\u0026amp;gt;\u003c\/div\u003e (The New York Times) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Katz has written a very important book exploring an area of popular significance but little scholarly attention.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - David Shneer (University of Colorado-Boulder) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Maya Balakirsky Katz’s new book is a welcome addition to Soviet animation studies\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book contains a significant amount of useful information, and I would ultimately recommend it... to all scholars of Soviet cinema and culture, and to all academic libraries with holdings in Russian and Soviet culture\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Bella Ginzbursky-Blum (The Russian Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDrawing the Iron Curtain \u003c\/i\u003eis an important contribution to Jewish studies, animation studies, and Russian studies\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Lora Wheeler Mjolsness (Slavonic and East European Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-arts-and-culture\/260892\/cheburashka-soviet-animation\"'\u003e\"A Beast of Unknown Origins: May Day: The surprising Jewish origins of the animated character who taught a generation of Soviet children to be good communists\" by Maya Balakirsky Katz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (The Tablet) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A noteworthy contribution to such disparate fields as animation history, Soviet cultural history, and Jewish studies, the author’s primary disciplinary affiliation\".\u003c\/div\u003e (H-Net)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn the American imagination, the Soviet Union was a drab cultural wasteland, a place where playful creative work and individualism was heavily regulated and censored. Yet despite state control, some cultural industries flourished in the Soviet era, including animation. \u003ci\u003eDrawing the Iron Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the golden age of Soviet animation and the Jewish artists who enabled it to thrive. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eArt historian Maya Balakirsky Katz reveals how the state-run animation studio Soyuzmultfilm brought together Jewish creative personnel from every corner of the Soviet Union and served as an unlikely haven for dissidents who were banned from working in other industries. Surveying a wide range of Soviet animation produced between 1919 and 1989, from cutting-edge art films like \u003ci\u003eTale of Tales\u003c\/i\u003e to cartoons featuring “Soviet Mickey Mouse” Cheburashka, she finds that these works played a key role in articulating a cosmopolitan sensibility and a multicultural vision for the Soviet Union. Furthermore, she considers how Jewish filmmakers used animation to depict distinctive elements of their heritage and ethnic identity, whether producing films about the Holocaust or using fellow Jews as models for character drawings.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eProviding a copiously illustrated introduction to many of Soyuzmultfilm’s key artistic achievements, while revealing the tumultuous social and political conditions in which these films were produced, \u003ci\u003eDrawing the Iron Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e has something to offer animation fans and students of Cold War history alike. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e         List of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Acknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Note on Transliteration and Translation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Introduction: Puppeteering a Self in the Soviet Union\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1       Behind the Scenes: Jews and the Studio System, 1919–\u003cbr\u003e1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2       Black and White: Race in Soviet Animation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3       The Brumberg Sisters: The Fairy Grandmothers of Soviet Animation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4       Big City Jews: Setting and Censoring the Modern Fairytale\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5       Tropical Russian Bears: Cheburashka’\u003cbr\u003es Jewish Roots\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6       The Pioneer’\u003cbr\u003es Violin: Animating the Soviet Holocaust\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7       Cartoon Cosmopolitans: Drawing Jews into Soviet Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8       Tale of Tales: The Rise of the Jewish Auteur Director\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Conclusion: Tell-Tale Signs and Soviet Jewish Animation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Glossary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Filmography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e         Index\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559357477144,"sku":"9780813577012","price":89.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/drawing-the-iron-curtain-jews-and-the-golden-age-of-soviet-animation-hardback-9780813577012","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}