Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 238 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, 1 Diagramm
ISBN:
9789048516704
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9789048516711
Series Statement:
Studies of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation 5
Content:
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.
Note:
"The present volume is the result of a conference held in Utrecht on 26-27 September 2008." (Preface, Seite vii)
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789089644367
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Divided dreamworlds? Amsterdam : Amsterdam Univ. Press, 2012 ISBN 9789089644367
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Ost-West-Konflikt
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Kultur
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Geschichte
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9789048516704
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Author information:
Scott-Smith, Giles 1968-
Author information:
Romijn, Peter 1955-
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