Journeys into Seeing: Amateur Film-making and Tourist Encounters in Soviet Russia, c. 1932

Nicholson, Heather Norris 2009. Journeys into Seeing: Amateur Film-making and Tourist Encounters in Soviet Russia, c. 1932. New Readings 10 , pp. 57-71. 10.18573/newreadings.71

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Abstract

This article examines in detail amateur film imagery of Soviet-era Russia held in the North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University. It discusses footage made and shown during the early 1930s by an early regional cine enthusiast, and places the material within the context of contemporary developments of amateur film aesthetics, of meta-narratives of international relations, and most significantly of local inflections in the Manchester area of cultural exchange between the United Kingdom and the USSR. The article explores issues of East-West relations, identities and visual memory-making within broader considerations of amateur film practice, travel narration and tourism history.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	1359-7485
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2020
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 13:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128862

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