{"product_id":"in-visible-presence-soviet-afterlives-in-family-photos-hardcover","title":"In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOksana Sarkisova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlga Shevchenko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn absorbing exploration of Soviet-era family photographs that demonstrates the singular power of the photographic image to command attention, resist closure, and complicate the meaning of the past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA faded image of a family gathered at a festively served dinner table, raising their glasses in unison. A group of small children, sitting in orderly rows, with stuffed toys at their feet and a portrait of Lenin looming over their heads. A pensive older woman against a snowy landscape, her gaze directed lovingly at a tombstone. These are a few of the evocative images in \u003ci\u003eIn Visible Presence\u003c\/i\u003e by Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko, an exquisitely researched book that brings together photographs from Soviet-era family photo archives and investigates their afterlives in Russia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Visible Presence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the photographic images' singular power to capture a fleeting moment by approaching them as points of contestation and possibility. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork and interviews, as well as internet ethnography, media analysis\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand case studies, \u003ci\u003eIn Visible Presence\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich account of the role of family photography in creating communities of affect, enabling nostalgic longings, and processing memories of suffering, violence, and hardship. Together these photos evoke youthful aspirations, dashed hopes, and moral compromises, as well as the long legacy of silence that was passed down from grandparents to parents to children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than 250 black and white photos, \u003ci\u003eIn Visible Presence\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing journey into domestic photography, family memory, and the ongoing debate over the meaning of the Soviet past that is as timely and powerful today as it has ever been.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOksana Sarkisova is Research Fellow at the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives and cofounder of the Visual Studies Platform at Central European University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eScreening Soviet Nationalities \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePast for the Eyes.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlga Shevchenko is Paul H. Hunn '55 Professor in Social Studies at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Williams College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCrisis and the Everyday in Postsocialist Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eDouble Exposure: Memory and Photography\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 488\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.29 x 7.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53468934766899,"sku":"9780262048279","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/in-visible-presence-soviet-afterlives-in-family-photos-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}