Table of Contents:
  • Cover; copyright; dedication; contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction-The Talk of the Nation; Part I-The Predicament of Russian Culture; Chapter 1-National Culture: A Conceptual Reading; Chapter 2-Launching the Discourse: International Exhibitions and Russian Texts; Chapter 3-Art and Society: Gathering Culture, Writing Identity; Part II-Discursive Practice; Chapter 4-Institutions and Debates: Negotiating Art and Power; Chapter 5-The Russian Art World in the News: Painting and Controversy; Chapter 6-Built out of Words: History and Stylization
  • Chapter 7-National Revival Writ Large: From a Cult of Antiquity to a Souvenir IdentityEpilogue; Notes to Chapter 1; Notes to Chapter 2; Notes to Chapter 3; Notes to Chapter 4; Notes to Chapter 5; Notes to Chapter 6; Notes to Chapter 7; Notes to epilogue; selected bibliography; index