Divided dreamworlds? : the cultural Cold War in East and West / edited by Peter Romijn, Giles Scott-Smith, Joes Segal

Scott-Smith, Giles, 1968- [HerausgeberIn] ; Segal, Joes [HerausgeberIn] ; Romijn, Peter [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Result of a conference held in Utrecht, 26-27 September 2008

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Print version: Divided dreamworlds?. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

1-283-69837-4

90-8964-436-9

90-485-1670-6 : electronic bk.

978-1-283-69837-5

978-90-8964-436-7

978-90-485-1670-4 : electronic bk.

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-283-69837-5 (Druckausgabe), 978-90-8964-436-7 (Druckausgabe)

Introduction: Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West / Giles Scott-Smith & Joes Segal

Part I: Arts and Sciences Between the Blocs ; 1. An Unofficial Cultural Ambassador: Arthur Miller and the Cultural Cold War / Nathan Abrams

2. Biological Utopias East and West: Trofim D. Lysenko and His Critics / William DeJong-Lambert

3. Tadeusz Kantor's Publics: Warsaw -- New York / Jill Bugajski

4. Co-Producing Cold War Culture: East-West Film-Making and Cultural Diplomacy / Marsha Siefert

Part II: Modernity East and West ; 5. The Dreamworld of New Yugoslav Culture and the Logic of Cold War Binaries / Sabina Mihelj

6. Sounds like America: Yugoslavia's Soft Power in Eastern Europe / Dean Vuletic

7. Moving Toward Utopia: Soviet Housing in the Atomic Age / Christine Varga-Harris

8. Cold War Modernism and Post-War German Homes: An East-West Comparison / Natalie Scholz & Milena Veenis

9. Flying Away: Civil Aviation and the Dream of Freedom in East and West / Annette Vowinckel

Part III: Post-1989 Perspectives on the Cultural Cold War ; 10. East German Materials after / Justinian Jampol

11. Musical 'East-West' Diplomacy in the Cold War and the War on Terror / Harm Langenkamp

About the Authors ; Index.

*Cold War -- Social aspects -- Congresses ; Cold War -- Social aspects -- Congresses ; Electronic book

*HISTORY ; World ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; History ; Humanities ; Social aspects ; Ost-West-Konflikt ; Kultur ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Cold War (1945-1989)

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: D843

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 909.825;

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With its unique focus on how culture contributed to the blurring of ideological boundaries between the East and the West, this important volume offers fascinating insights into the tensions, rivalries and occasional cooperation between the two blocs. Encompassing developments inboth the arts and sciences, the authors analyze focal points, aesthetic preferences and cultural phenomena through topics as wide-ranging as the East- and West German interior design; the Soviet stance on genetics; US cultural diplomacy during and after the Cold War; and the role of popular music as a universal cultural

 

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