ISBN:
1283698374
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9089644369
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9048516706
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9781283698375
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9789089644367
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9789048516704
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation 5
Parallel Title:
Print version Divided dreamworlds?
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Cold War Congresses Social aspects
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Cold War Congresses Social aspects
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HISTORY ; World
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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History
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Humanities
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Social aspects
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Ost-West-Konflikt
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Kultur
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Cold War (1945-1989)
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Electronic book
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Konferenzschrift 2008
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Result of a conference held in Utrecht, 26-27 September 2008
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Introduction: Divided Dreamworlds? The Cultural Cold War in East and West
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Part I: Arts and Sciences Between the Blocs ; 1. An Unofficial Cultural Ambassador: Arthur Miller and the Cultural Cold War
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2. Biological Utopias East and West: Trofim D. Lysenko and His Critics
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3. Tadeusz Kantor's Publics: Warsaw -- New York
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4. Co-Producing Cold War Culture: East-West Film-Making and Cultural Diplomacy
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Part II: Modernity East and West ; 5. The Dreamworld of New Yugoslav Culture and the Logic of Cold War Binaries
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6. Sounds like America: Yugoslavia's Soft Power in Eastern Europe
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7. Moving Toward Utopia: Soviet Housing in the Atomic Age
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8. Cold War Modernism and Post-War German Homes: An East-West Comparison
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9. Flying Away: Civil Aviation and the Dream of Freedom in East and West
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Part III: Post-1989 Perspectives on the Cultural Cold War ; 10. East German Materials after
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11. Musical 'East-West' Diplomacy in the Cold War and the War on Terror
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About the Authors ; Index.
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En
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