Entangled East and West
Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War
Seiten
2018
De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Verlag)
978-3-11-057050-2 (ISBN)
De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Verlag)
978-3-11-057050-2 (ISBN)
The peer-reviewed series offers books that illuminate the multifaceted history of the Cold War in both its European and Global dimensions, across and beyond the Iron Curtain. It focuses on the interactions, interdependencies and co-operation of Eastern state socialist countries (and their citizens) with Western capitalist, Latin American, African and non-aligned states (and their citizens), as well as with China.
Despite increasing scholarship on the cultural Cold War, focus has been persistently been fixed on superpowers and their actions, missing the important role played by individuals and organizations all over Europe during the Cold War years.This volume focuses on cultural diplomacy and artistic interaction between Eastern and Western Europe after 1945. It aims at providing an essentially European point of view on the cultural Cold War, providing fresh insight into little known connections and cooperation in different artistic fields. Chapters of the volume address photography and architecture, popular as well as classical music, theatre and film, and fine arts. By examining different actors ranging from individuals to organizations such as universities, the volume brings new perspective on the mechanisms and workings of the cultural Cold War. Finally, the volume estimates the pertinence of the Cold War and its influence in post-1991 world.The volume offers an overview on the role culture played in international politics, as well as its role in the Cold War more generally, through interesting examples and case studies.
Despite increasing scholarship on the cultural Cold War, focus has been persistently been fixed on superpowers and their actions, missing the important role played by individuals and organizations all over Europe during the Cold War years.This volume focuses on cultural diplomacy and artistic interaction between Eastern and Western Europe after 1945. It aims at providing an essentially European point of view on the cultural Cold War, providing fresh insight into little known connections and cooperation in different artistic fields. Chapters of the volume address photography and architecture, popular as well as classical music, theatre and film, and fine arts. By examining different actors ranging from individuals to organizations such as universities, the volume brings new perspective on the mechanisms and workings of the cultural Cold War. Finally, the volume estimates the pertinence of the Cold War and its influence in post-1991 world.The volume offers an overview on the role culture played in international politics, as well as its role in the Cold War more generally, through interesting examples and case studies.
Simo Mikkonen, University of Jyväskyä; Giles Scott-Smith, Leiden University; Jari Parkkinen, University of Jyväskylä
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.12.2018 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Rethinking the Cold War ; 4 |
| Verlagsort | Basel/Berlin/Boston |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 589 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik | |
| Schlagworte | Arts • Cold War • Cultural Diplomacy • International Relations |
| ISBN-10 | 3-11-057050-5 / 3110570505 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-11-057050-2 / 9783110570502 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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