Red Migrations explores the multidirectional and multilateral transnational movements of leftist thinkers, artists, and writers inspired and impelled by the Soviet Revolution, revealing how they contributed to the ferment of creative activity in the early Soviet years and deeply informed international leftist aesthetics and political practice throughout the twentieth century.

Format: Hardback
Length: 504 pages
Publication date: 06 September 2024
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

The Bolshevik Revolution and the Spatial Revolution

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 brought about not only a new political, social, and cultural order but also a spatial revolution. The changing patterns, motivations, and impacts of migration collided with new cultural forms and aesthetic mandates, leading to a period of intense cultural exchange and transformation.

Red Migrations: Multidirectional and Multilateral Transnational Movements of Leftist Thinkers, Artists, and Writers

Red Migrations: Multidirectional and Multilateral Transnational Movements of Leftist Thinkers, Artists, and Writers is a book that explores the various multidirectional and multilateral transnational movements of leftist thinkers, artists, and writers. It draws on avant-garde poets such as David Burliuk, Marxist theoreticians such as János Mácza, and "fellow travellers" such as Langston Hughes to reveal how leftists of all stripes were inspired and at times impelled by the Soviet Revolution to cross borders.

The Circulation of Ideas, Aesthetic Forms, and Individuals

The book explores how the resulting circulation of ideas, aesthetic forms, and individuals not only contributed enormously to the ferment of creative activity in the early Soviet years but also deeply informed international leftist aesthetics and political practice throughout the twentieth century. The robust and diverse transnational networks created by these circulations are at the centre of this volume.

Original Archival Research and Insightful Analyses

With original archival research and insightful analyses, Red Migrations sheds light on the ideals, aspirations, and disappointments of leftist transnationalism from the 1920s through the 1960s and the aesthetic forms they engendered. It provides a comprehensive overview of the various transnational movements and their impact on the development of leftist aesthetics and political practice.

Weight: 820g
Dimension: 235 x 159 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487543884