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Music, art and diplomacy : East-West cultural interactions and the Cold War / edited by Simo Mikkonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Pekka Suutari (University of Eastern Finland).
- Title
- Music, art and diplomacy : East-West cultural interactions and the Cold War / edited by Simo Mikkonen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Pekka Suutari (University of Eastern Finland).
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xx, 180 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs. The series of case studies on cultural exchanges, ranging from the 1930s to the 1980s, cover episodes involving art, classical music, theatre, dance and film. Despite the fluctuating fortunes of diplomatic relations between East and West, there was a continuous circulation of cultural producers and products. Contributors explore the interaction of arts and politics, the role of the arts in diplomacy and the part the arts played in the development of the Cold War. Art has always shunned political borders, wavering between the guidance of individual and governmental patrons, and borderless expression. While this volume provides insight into how political players tried to harness the arts to serve their own political purposes, at the same time it is clear that the arts and artists exploited the Cold War framework to reach their own individual and professional objectives. Utilizing archives available only since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the volume provides a valuable socio-cultural approach to understanding the Cold War and cultural diplomacy. --Book Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to the Logic of East -- West Artistic Interactions / Pekka Suutari -- pt. I INDIRECT CONTACTS, IMAGES AND IMAGINATION -- 2. Mutually Assured Distinction: VOKS and Artistic Exchange in the Early Cold War / Oliver Johnson -- 3. Friendship of the Musicians: Anglo-Soviet Musical Exchanges 1938 -- 1948 / Louise Wiggins -- 4. Gazing at the Baltic: Tourist Discourse in the Cinema of the Baltic Sea Countries / Lars Kristensen -- pt. II HIGHLY PUBLICISED AND SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF EXCHANGE OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS -- 5. The Real Ambassadors? The Cleveland Orchestra Tours the Soviet Union, 1965 / Clayton Koppes -- 6. Pianist Sviatoslav Richter: The Soviet Union Launches a `Cultural Sputnik' to the United States in 1960 / Meri Elisabet Herrala -- 7. Student Interactions, Race and the Media: The Oberlin College Choir 1964 Tour of the USSR and Romania / Tim Scholl -- pt. III RECEPTION AND TRANSFERS IN THE AREA OF THEATRE AND DANCE -- 8. Breaching the Iron Curtains: Russian `Theatre Tourists' to Eastern Europe, 1965 -- 1981 / Susan Costanzo -- 9. Ballet as a Tool for Cultural Diplomacy in the Cold War: Soviet Ballets in Paris and London, 1954 -- 1968 / Stephanie Goncalves -- 10. Conclusion / Pekka Suutari.
- ISBN
- 9781472468086
- 1472468082
- 9781472468093 (canceled/invalid)
- 1472468090 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472468109 (canceled/invalid)
- 1472468104 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 945567578
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library