{"product_id":"the-enemy-on-trial-early-soviet-courts-on-stage-and-screen-hardback-9780875802664","title":"The Enemy on Trial; Early Soviet Courts on Stage and Screen (Hardback) 9780875802664","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Enemy on Trial\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEarly Soviet Courts on Stage and Screen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulie Anne Cassiday (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875802664\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 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\u003cp\u003e\"A work of innovative and effective scholarship that not merely enlightens its subject but is a joy to read.\"—Slavic Review\u003cbr\u003e \"Densely researched and imaginative.... The chapters on cinema open up new territory and introduce many works hitherto untreated in the literature.\"—Russian Review\u003cbr\u003e  \"An original contribution to our understanding of Soviet culture...a sharp book about an engrossing subject.\"—James von Geldern, Macalester College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttempting to indoctrinate the public into a new society, the Bolsheviks staged show trials-legal trials that incorporated theatrical elements such as coached defendants, memorized scripts for confession, and grueling interrogatory rehearsals. The genre of legal spectacle, whose origins lay in Soviet theater and cinema of the 1920s, moved from mass public spectacles to the courtroom, as the Bolsheviks sought to effect ever- greater social change. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this intriguing interdisciplinary study, literature scholar Cassiday shows how Soviet show trials deliberately used avant-garde drama and cinema to educate the citizenry about the new social order. She examines how elements of theater and film were incorporated into Soviet courtrooms, turning public trials into vehicles for propaganda. Drawing on a variety of popular media from the 1920s, she reveals the origins of the show trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1 Imperial Precedents and the First Bolshevik Show Trials \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Mock Trial: Mythopoetic Justice I \u003cbr\u003e 3 Trials on Film: Mythopoetic Justice II \u003cbr\u003e 4 Marble Columns and Jupiter Lights in the Shakhty Affair \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Redounding Rhetoric of Legal Satire \u003cbr\u003e 6 For Each Enemy, Another Trial \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735593447704,"sku":"9780875802664","price":31.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-enemy-on-trial-early-soviet-courts-on-stage-and-screen-hardback-9780875802664","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}