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Private Space in Soviet Cinema: Case Study of Riga

Jānis Matvejs

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HistoryThesaurus (information retrieval)business.industry05 social sciencesGeography Planning and Development0507 social and economic geography06 humanities and the artsConservationPrivate spaceVisual arts060104 historyUrban StudiesMovie theaterArchitecture0601 history and archaeologySociologyArchitecturebusiness050703 geographyUrbanismNature and Landscape Conservation

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Abstract The aim of this article is to discover the discourse of living spaces of Riga through the films of the Soviet period and to examine essential changes of private space in different residential structures. This study contributes to the field of human geography by conducting content analysis of a vast number of Soviet films with a focus on the development and spatial organization of apartments in Riga. The analysis of 264 films illustrates that living spaces are rarely portrayed in the Soviet cinema and they mostly provide intentionally formed idealistic information about the qualities and achievements of Soviet private space.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-12-01Architecture and Urban Planning
https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2018-0010