ABSTRACT
In Cultures of Forgery, leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word "forge"-to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|108 pages
Forging Nations
chapter 4|25 pages
Eclectic Fabrication
St. Petersburg and the Problem of Imperial Architectural Style
part 2|104 pages
Forging Selves
chapter 6|15 pages
The Art of Forging Music and Musicians
Of Lighthearted Musicologists, Ambitious Performers, Narrow-Minded Brothers, and Creative Aristocrats
chapter 8|24 pages
Wrestling with Representation
Reforging Images of the Artist and Art in the Russian Avant-Garde
