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Format: xii, 322 Seiten : , Illustrationen.

ISBN: 978-0-231-16230-2

Content: "An examination of the legacy of modernism as a cultural movement and propaganda tool during the Cold War and the 1950s in America"...Provided by publisher

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Language: English

Subjects: American Studies

Keywords: Kunst ; Literatur ; Moderne ; Ost-West-Konflikt

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Format: Online-Ressource (337 p)

ISBN: 9780231162302

Content: American cultural diplomats of the 1940s and 1950s sought to show European intellectuals that the United States had more to offer than military power and commercial exploitation. Through magazines, traveling art exhibits, touring musical shows, radio programs, book translations, and conferences, they deployed the revolutionary aesthetics of modernism to proveparticularly to the leftists whose Cold War loyalties they hoped to securethat American art and literature were culturally rich and politically significant. Yet by repurposing modernism, American diplomats and cultural authorities rema

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Table of Contents; Abbreviations and Note on Unpublished Sources; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Freedom, Individualism, Modernism; 2. "Advancing American Art": Modernist Painting and Public-Private Partnerships; 3. Cold Warriors of the Book: American Book Programs in the 1950s; 4. Encounter Magazine and the Twilight of Modernism; 5. Perspectives USA and the Economics of Cold War Modernism; 6. American Modernism in American Broadcasting: The Voice of (Middlebrow) America; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231538626

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231162302

Additional Edition: Print version Cold War Modernists : Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource(336 p.) : , illustrations.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780231538626

Content: European intellectuals of the 1950s dismissed American culture as nothing more than cowboy movies and the A-bomb. In response, American cultural diplomats tried to show that the United States had something to offer beyond military might and commercial exploitation. Through literary magazines, traveling art exhibits, touring musical shows, radio programs, book translations, and conferences, they deployed the revolutionary aesthetics of modernism to prove--particularly to the leftists whose Cold War loyalties they hoped to secure--that American art and literature were aesthetically rich and culturally significant. Yet by repurposing modernism, American diplomats and cultural authorities turned the avant-garde into the establishment. They remade the once revolutionary movement into a content-free collection of artistic techniques and styles suitable for middlebrow consumption. Cold War Modernists documents how the CIA, the State Department, and private cultural diplomats transformed modernist art and literature into pro-Western propaganda during the first decade of the Cold War. Drawing on interviews, previously unknown archival materials, and the stories of such figures and institutions as William Faulkner, Stephen Spender, Irving Kristol, James Laughlin, and Voice of America, Barnhisel reveals how the U.S. government reconfigured modernism as a trans-Atlantic movement, a joint endeavor between American and European artists, with profound implications for the art that followed and for the character of American identity.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Abbreviations and Note on Unpublished Sources -- , Acknowledgments -- , INTRODUCTION -- , 1. FREEDOM, INDIVIDUALISM, MODERNISM -- , 2. “ADVANCING AMERICAN ART” -- , 3. COLD WARRIORS OF THE BOOK: AMERICAN BOOK PROGRAMS IN THE 1950S -- , 4. ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE AND THE TWILIGHT OF MODERNISM -- , 5. PERSPECTIVES USA AND THE ECONOMICS OF COLD WAR MODERNISM -- , 6. AMERICAN MODERNISM IN AMERICAN BROADCASTING: THE VOICE OF (MIDDLEBROW) AMERICA -- , CONCLUSION -- , Notes -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/barn16230

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Format: 1 online resource (337 pages)

ISBN: 9780231538626 (e-book)

Note: Includes index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Barnhisel, Greg, 1969- Cold War modernists : art, literature, and American cultural diplomacy, 1946-1959. New York, [New York] : Columbia University Press, c2015 ISBN 9780231162302

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (337 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53862-6

Content: European intellectuals of the 1950's dismissed American culture as nothing more than cowboy movies and the A-bomb. In response, American cultural diplomats tried to show that the United States had something to offer beyond military might and commercial exploitation. Through literary magazines, traveling art exhibits, touring musical shows, radio programs, book translations, and conferences, they deployed the revolutionary aesthetics of modernism to prove-particularly to the leftists whose Cold War loyalties they hoped to secure-that American art and literature were aesthetically rich and culturally significant. Yet by repurposing modernism, American diplomats and cultural authorities turned the avant-garde into the establishment. They remade the once revolutionary movement into a content-free collection of artistic techniques and styles suitable for middlebrow consumption. Cold War Modernists documents how the CIA, the State Department, and private cultural diplomats transformed modernist art and literature into pro-Western propaganda during the first decade of the Cold War. Drawing on interviews, previously unknown archival materials, and the stories of such figures and institutions as William Faulkner, Stephen Spender, Irving Kristol, James Laughlin, and Voice of America, Barnhisel reveals how the U.S. government reconfigured modernism as a trans-Atlantic movement, a joint endeavor between American and European artists, with profound implications for the art that followed and for the character of American identity.

Note: Includes index. , Front matter -- , CONTENTS -- , Abbreviations and Note on Unpublished Sources -- , Acknowledgments -- , INTRODUCTION -- , 1. FREEDOM, INDIVIDUALISM, MODERNISM -- , 2. "ADVANCING AMERICAN ART" -- , 3. COLD WARRIORS OF THE BOOK: AMERICAN BOOK PROGRAMS IN THE 1950's -- , 4. ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE AND THE TWILIGHT OF MODERNISM -- , 5. PERSPECTIVES USA AND THE ECONOMICS OF COLD WAR MODERNISM -- , 6. AMERICAN MODERNISM IN AMERICAN BROADCASTING: THE VOICE OF (MIDDLEBROW) AMERICA -- , CONCLUSION -- , Notes -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-322-95501-8

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-16230-8

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/barn16230