Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy
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 that American art and literature were aesthetically rich and culturally significant.
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Painting, 20th‑century history, USA, Political science, Art Nouveau, Aesthetics, Literary theory
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Place of publication
New York City
Publisher
Year
2015
Number of pages
322 pages
Language
ISBN
9780231162302
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Open stacks
Illustrations
Yes
Bibliography
No
UDC code and author sign
709.4 США
Volumes
1
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