Divided Dreamworlds? : The Cultural Cold War in East and West /

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 sci...

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Other Authors: Segal, Joes (Editor), Romijn, Peter (Editor), Scott-Smith, Giles, 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.