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Cold War history has emphasized the division of Europe into two
warring camps with separate ideologies and little in common. This
volume presents an alternative perspective by suggesting that there
were transnational networks bridging the gap and connecting
like-minded people on both sides of the divide. Long before the
fall of the Berlin Wall, there were institutions, organizations,
and individuals who brought people from the East and the West
together, joined by shared professions, ideas, and sometimes even
through marriage. The volume aims at proving that the post-WWII
histories of Western and Eastern Europe were entangled by looking
at cases involving France, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Switzerland,
and others.
Cold War history has emphasized the division of Europe into two
warring camps with separate ideologies and little in common. This
volume presents an alternative perspective by suggesting that there
were transnational networks bridging the gap and connecting
like-minded people on both sides of the divide. Long before the
fall of the Berlin Wall, there were institutions, organizations,
and individuals who brought people from the East and the West
together, joined by shared professions, ideas, and sometimes even
through marriage. The volume aims at proving that the post-WWII
histories of Western and Eastern Europe were entangled by looking
at cases involving France, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Switzerland,
and others.
This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev
era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much
richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the
stagnation paradigm usually assigned to the era. The essays provide
a multifaceted prism that reveals a dynamic society with a
political and intellectual class that remained committed to the
ideological foundations of the state, recognized the challenges
that the system faced, and embarked on a creative search for
solutions. The chapters focus on developments in politics, society,
and culture, as well as the state's attempts to lead and initiate
change, which are mostly glossed over in the stagnation narrative.
The volume challenges the assumption that the period as a whole was
characterized by rampant cynicism and a decline of faith in the
socialist creed and instead points to the persistence of popular
engagement with the socialist ideology and the power it continued
to wield within the Soviet Union.
This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev
era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much
richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the
stagnation paradigm usually assigned to the era. The essays provide
a multifaceted prism that reveals a dynamic society with a
political and intellectual class that remained committed to the
ideological foundations of the state, recognized the challenges
that the system faced, and embarked on a creative search for
solutions. The chapters focus on developments in politics, society,
and culture, as well as the state's attempts to lead and initiate
change, which are mostly glossed over in the stagnation narrative.
The volume challenges the assumption that the period as a whole was
characterized by rampant cynicism and a decline of faith in the
socialist creed and instead points to the persistence of popular
engagement with the socialist ideology and the power it continued
to wield within the Soviet Union.
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, focusing on the decades following the Second World War,
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.
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, focusing on the decades following the Second World War,
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.
Despite increasing scholarship on the cultural Cold War, focus has
been persistently been fixed on superpowers and their actions,
missing the important role played by individuals and organizations
all over Europe during the Cold War years. This volume focuses on
cultural diplomacy and artistic interaction between Eastern and
Western Europe after 1945. It aims at providing an essentially
European point of view on the cultural Cold War, providing fresh
insight into little known connections and cooperation in different
artistic fields. Chapters of the volume address photography and
architecture, popular as well as classical music, theatre and film,
and fine arts. By examining different actors ranging from
individuals to organizations such as universities, the volume
brings new perspective on the mechanisms and workings of the
cultural Cold War. Finally, the volume estimates the pertinence of
the Cold War and its influence in post-1991 world. The volume
offers an overview on the role culture played in international
politics, as well as its role in the Cold War more generally,
through interesting examples and case studies.
Networking the Russian Diaspora is a fascinating and timely study
of interwar Shanghai. Aside from the vacated Orthodox Church in the
former French Concession where most Russian emigres resided,
Shanghai today displays few signs of the bustling settlement of
those years. Russian musicians established the first opera company
in China, as well as choirs, bands and ensembles to play for their
own and other communities. Russian musicians were the core of
Shanghai's lauded Municipal Orchestra, and taught at China's first
conservatory. Two Russian emigre composers in particular --
Alexander Tcherepnin and Aaron Avshalomov - experimented with
incorporating Chinese elements into their compositions as
harbingers of intercultural music that has become a well-recognized
trend in composition since the late twentieth century. The Russian
musical scene in Shanghai was the embodiment of musical
cosmopolitanism, anticipating the hybrid nature of twentieth-first
century music arising from cultural contacts through migration,
globalization, and technological advancement. Networking the
Russian Diaspora is a pioneering study of the Russian community,
especially its musical activities and influence in Shanghai. While
the focus of the book is on music, it also gives insight into the
social dynamics between Russians and other Europeans on the one
hand, and with the Chinese on the other. The volume co-authored by
Chinese music specialists makes a significant contribution to
studies of diaspora, cultural identity, and migration through
focusing on a little studied area of Sino-Russian cultural
relations and Russian influence in modern China. The discoveries
stretch the boundaries of music studies by addressing the
relational aspects of Western music - how it has articulated
national and cultural identities but also served to connect people
of different origins and cultural backgrounds.
Networking the Russian Diaspora is a fascinating and timely study
of interwar Shanghai. Aside from the vacated Orthodox Church in the
former French Concession where most Russian emigres resided,
Shanghai today displays few signs of the bustling settlement of
those years. Russian musicians established the first opera company
in China, as well as choirs, bands, and ensembles, to play for
their own and other communities. Russian musicians were the core of
Shanghai's lauded Municipal Orchestra and taught at China's first
conservatory. Two Russian emigre composers in particular -
Alexander Tcherepnin and Aaron Avshalomov - experimented with
incorporating Chinese elements into their compositions as
harbingers of intercultural music that has become a well-recognized
trend in composition since the late twentieth century. The Russian
musical scene in Shanghai was the embodiment of musical
cosmopolitanism, anticipating the hybrid nature of
twenty-first-century music arising from cultural contacts through
migration, globalization, and technological advancement. As a
pioneering study of the Russian community, Networking the Russian
Diaspora examines its musical activities and influence in Shanghai.
While the focus of the book is on music, it also gives insight into
the social dynamics between Russians and other Europeans on the one
hand, and with the Chinese on the other. The volume, coauthored by
Chinese music specialists, makes a significant contribution to
studies of diaspora, cultural identity, and migration by casting
light on a little-studied area of Sino-Russian cultural relations
and Russian influence in modern China. The discoveries stretch the
boundaries of music studies by addressing the relational aspects of
Western music: how it has articulated national and cultural
identities but also served to connect people of different origins
and cultural backgrounds.
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