Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: the end of Soviet isolationism after 1953; The opening up to the world under Khrushchev and Russia in global history; Terminology: internationalism, USSR, Latin America, Third World, (cultural) Cold War; Historians´ assessments of Soviet-Latin American relations; Scenes from a long-distance relationship: theories, narrative structure and theses; 1A modern image for the USSR: Soviet self-representation towards Latin Americans The cautious reconnecting of the Soviet Union with Latin America during the ThawPredecessors and new institutions; A modern idyll: the image of the USSR in Soviet media in Latin America; Moscow speaking Quechua; Don't mention communism! Technology and high-brow culture in Soviet self-representation; The 'Columbus of the cosmos'; Exhibitions; Parliamentary delegations; Courting the world's youth: the image conveyed to young Latin Americans; Latin Americans at the World Youth Festival in Moscow; Universities; Tourism; Space: the inner periphery as a template; time: Stalinist legacies Peace and friendship: Soviet self-representation and internationalism from the 1950s2 Moscow learns the mambo: Latin America and internationalism in Soviet popular culture; Reconnecting: Soviet culture after the death of Stalin; Exoticism and folklorism in East and West in the 1950s and 1960s; Cultural echoes from the 1920s and 1930s; Internationalist culture and Soviet society after Stalin; A window on the world: Latin America in Soviet cinemas and concert halls; Sombrero, moustache, guitar: folklorism and Latin American music; Folklorism, folklore, folk music Soviet intelligentsia abroad: exoticism and revolutionary romanticism in travelogues'Magic' ousting 'socialist' realism: Latin America in Soviet belles-lettres; Heroes of their time: Castro, Guevara and the Cuban Revolution in Soviet perception; Exoticism and internationalism: Latin America in Soviet arts and public reception; 3 Paradise lost and found: Latin American intellectuals in and on the Soviet Union; Raised expectations: Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s; 'Latin American' 'intellectuals'and their discourse on socialism and the Soviet Union; Cold War and tercermundismo First contacts during the Cold War: Latin American travelogues from the Soviet UnionCommitted and compromised: Latin American left intellectuals and de-Stalinisation; The Stalinists' crossroads: Khrushchev's secretspeech; ¡Cuba sí, Soviet no! A new generation of leftists; The Soviets'new friends: indigenous authors, conservatives and Catholics; Conservatives and Catholics; The liberal flirtation with illiberalism; Exoticism in reverse; A complex disenchantment: Soviet internationalism, intellectuals and new socialist horizons 4 From Russia with a diploma: Latin American students in the Soviet Union | 
