Divided dreamworlds?: the cultural Cold War in East and West

While the divide between capitalism and communism, embodied in the image of the Iron Curtain, seemed to be as wide and definitive as any cultural rift, Giles Scott-Smith, Joes Segal, and Peter Romijn have compiled a selection of essays on how culture contributed to the blurring of ideological bounda...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Romijn, Peter 1955- (HerausgeberIn), Scott-Smith, Giles 1968- (HerausgeberIn), Segal, Joes 1961- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2012
Schriftenreihe:Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048516704
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048516704
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048516704
Zusammenfassung:While the divide between capitalism and communism, embodied in the image of the Iron Curtain, seemed to be as wide and definitive as any cultural rift, Giles Scott-Smith, Joes Segal, and Peter Romijn have compiled a selection of essays on how culture contributed to the blurring of ideological boundaries between the East and the West. This important and diverse volume presents fascinating insights into the tensions, rivalries, and occasional cooperation between the two blocs, with essays that represent the cutting edge of Cold War Studies and analyze aesthetic preferences and cultural phenomena as various as interior design in East and West Germany; the Soviet stance on genetics; US cultural diplomacy during and after the Cold War; and the role of popular music as the universal cultural ambassador. An illuminating and wide-ranging survey of interrelated collective dreams from both sides of the Iron Curtain, Divided Dreamworlds? has a place on the bookshelf of any modern historian
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Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 238 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048516704
DOI:10.1017/9789048516704