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Entangled East and West: Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War (Rethinking the Cold War, 4) by Simo Mikkonen; Giles Scott-Smith; Jari Parkkinen; De Gruyter Oldenbourg is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Entangled East and West: Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War (Rethinking the Cold War, 4) about?

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.<BR>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.<BR>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.

Author

Simo Mikkonen; Giles Scott-Smith; Jari Parkkinen; De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Publisher

De Gruyter De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110570502

Subjects

Western, Political Science, History