Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF IMAGES ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION The Talk of the Nation 1
6. PART I The Predicament of Russian Culture
7. CHAPTER 1. National Culture: A Conceptual Reading 17
8. CHAPTER 2. Launching the Discourse: International Exhibitions and Russian Texts 40
9. CHAPTER 3. Art and Society: Gathering Culture, Writing Identity 69
10. PART II Discursive Practices
11. CHAPTER 4. Institutions and Debates: Negotiating Art and Power 121
12. CHAPTER 5. The Russian Art World in the News: Painting and Controversy 156
13. CHAPTER 6. Built out of Words: History and Stylization 190
14. CHAPTER 7. National Revival Writ Large: From a Cult of Antiquity to a Souvenir Identity 218
15. EPILOGUE The World of Art in the News: Culture Wars at the Turn of the Century 266
16. Notes 283
17. Selected Bibliography 359
18. Index 391