{"product_id":"9781442667167","title":"Open Letters: Russian Popular Culture and the Picture Postcard, 1880-1922","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the fin-de-siècle and early revolutionary eras, picture postcards were an important medium of communication for Russians of all backgrounds. In \u003cem\u003eOpen Letters\u003c\/em\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\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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143043530992,"sku":"9781442667167","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442667167_p0.jpg?v=1763825023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442667167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}