Cold War Theatre Routledge Revivals

Author : John Elsom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317558644

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Cold War Theatre (Routledge Revivals) by John Elsom Pdf

Cold War Theatre, first published in 1992, provides an account of the theatrical history within the context of East/West politics. Its geographical span ranges from beyond the Urals to the Pacific Coast of the US, and asks whether the Cold War confrontation was not in part due to the cultural climate of Europe. Taking the McCarthy era as its starting point, this readable history considers the impact of the Cold War upon the major dramatic movements of our time, East and West. The author poses the question as to whether European habits of mind, fostered by their cultures, may not have contributed to the political stalemates of the Cold War. A wide range of actors from both the theatrical and political stages are discussed, and their contributions to the theatre of the Cold War examined in a hugely enjoyable and enlightening narrative. This book is ideal for theatre studies students.

Author : John Elsom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Theater
ISBN : 0415001676

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Cold War Theatre by John Elsom Pdf

Offers a brief history of modern theatre set within the context of the Cold War, describing the political and theatrical developments in Eastern and Western countries, from 1950 to the deposition of President Gorbachev in August 1991.

Author : John Elsom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317558651

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Cold War Theatre (Routledge Revivals) by John Elsom Pdf

Cold War Theatre, first published in 1992, provides an account of the theatrical history within the context of East/West politics. Its geographical span ranges from beyond the Urals to the Pacific Coast of the US, and asks whether the Cold War confrontation was not in part due to the cultural climate of Europe. Taking the McCarthy era as its starting point, this readable history considers the impact of the Cold War upon the major dramatic movements of our time, East and West. The author poses the question as to whether European habits of mind, fostered by their cultures, may not have contributed to the political stalemates of the Cold War. A wide range of actors from both the theatrical and political stages are discussed, and their contributions to the theatre of the Cold War examined in a hugely enjoyable and enlightening narrative. This book is ideal for theatre studies students.

Author : Christopher B. Balme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 1032051612

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Performing the Cold War in the Postcolonial World by Christopher B. Balme Pdf

"This volume explores how the Cultural Cold War played out in Africa and Asia in the context of decolonization. Both the USA and the Soviet Union as well as East European states undertook significant efforts to influence cultural life in the newly independent, postcolonial world. The different forms of influence are the subject of this book. The contributions are grouped around four topic headings. "Networks and Institutions" looks at the various ways Western-style theatre became institutionalized in the decolonial world, especially Africa. "Cultural Diplomacy" focuses on the activities of the Soviet Union in India in the late 1950s and 1960s in the very different arenas of book publishing and the circus. "Artists and Agency" explores how West African filmmakers (Ousmane Sembene and Abderrahmane Sissako) and European authors (Brecht and Ibsen) were harnessed for different kinds of Cold War strategies. Finally, the section "Cultures of Things" investigates how everyday objects such as books and iconic theatre buildings became suffused with affect, nostalgia and ideology. This book will be of interest for students of the Cold War, postcolonial studies, theatre, film and literature"--

Author : Thomas Leabhart
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0415354366

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The War on Terror and the American 'empire' After the Cold War by Thomas Leabhart Pdf

"The contributions in The War on Terror and the American 'Empire' After the Cold War analyse the historical, socio-economic and political dimensions of the current international conjuncture, and assess the degree to which the 'war on terror' has transformed the nature and projection of US global power. Drawing on a range of critical social theories, this collection seeks to ground historically the analysis of global developments since the inception of the new Bush Presidency and weigh up the political consequences of this imperial turn." "The War on Terror and the American 'Empire' After the Cold War is essential reading for students and academics with research interests in US History and Politics and Global Politics. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Author : Christopher B. Balme,Berenika Szymanski-Düll
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319480848

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Theatre, Globalization and the Cold War by Christopher B. Balme,Berenika Szymanski-Düll Pdf

This book examines how the Cold War had a far-reaching impact on theatre by presenting a range of current scholarship on the topic from scholars from a dozen countries. They represent in turn a variety of perspectives, methodologies and theatrical genres, including not only Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brook, but also Polish folk-dancing, documentary theatre and opera production. The contributions demonstrate that there was much more at stake and a much larger investment of ideological and economic capital than a simple dichotomy between East versus West or socialism versus capitalism might suggest. Culture, and theatrical culture in particular with its high degree of representational power, was recognized as an important medium in the ideological struggles that characterize this epoch. Most importantly, the volume explores how theatre can be reconceptualized in terms of transnational or even global processes which, it will be argued, were an integral part of Cold War rivalries.

Author : Peter J. Beck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317700968

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The International Politics of Antarctica (Routledge Revivals) by Peter J. Beck Pdf

First published in 1986, this book considers the nature of international interest in Antarctica and the positions of those involved. It looks at the significance of the historical dimension, the development of the treaty system, the management of marine and mineral resources, the role of the United Nations and the impact of such non-governmental organisations as Greenpeace International. The Antarctic implications of the Falklands War of 1982 are also discussed, as well as the underlying relationship between America and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. With a truly international scope, this reissue will be of particular relevance to students with an interest in the political, legal, economic and environmental concerns surrounding the Antarctic region, both in the present and historically.

Author : Artemy M. Kalinovsky,Craig Daigle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134700721

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The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War by Artemy M. Kalinovsky,Craig Daigle Pdf

This new Handbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current scholarship on the Cold War, with essays from many leading scholars. The field of Cold War history has consistently been one of the most vibrant in the field of international studies. Recent scholarship has added to our understanding of familiar Cold War events, such as the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and superpower détente, and shed new light on the importance of ideology, race, modernization, and transnational movements. The Routledge Handbook of the Cold War draws on the wealth of new Cold War scholarship, bringing together essays on a diverse range of topics such as geopolitics, military power and technology and strategy. The chapters also address the importance of non-state actors, such as scientists, human rights activists and the Catholic Church, and examine the importance of development, foreign aid and overseas assistance. The volume is organised into nine parts: Part I: The Early Cold War Part II: Cracks in the Bloc Part III: Decolonization, Imperialism and its Consequences Part IV: The Cold War in the Third World Part V: The Era of Detente Part VI: Human Rights and Non-State Actors Part VII: Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Intelligence Part VIII: Psychological Warfare, Propaganda and Cold War Culture Part IX: The End of the Cold War This new Handbook will be of great interest to all students of Cold War history, international history, foreign policy, security studies and IR in general.

Author : William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781664159877

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Theatre Diplomacy During the Cold War by William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn Pdf

This multi-volume work began as a biography of Martha Wadsworth Coigney, who was a pioneering thought leader and advocate of internationalism in the American theatre during the cold war. It was expanded to include the contributions of her mentors and friends Rosamond Gilder, Maurice McClelland, Roger L. Stevens, and Ellen Stewart. Coigney served as director of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) of the United States for thirty-two years and President of ITI International from 1987-1995. The International Theatre Institute is an independent NGO devoted to the UNESCO mission of peace through mutual understanding. After World War II the organization sustained cultural exchange between artists on either side of the Iron Curtain, across religious divides and war zones.

Author : Ralph Yarrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : European drama
ISBN : 131756670X

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European Theatre 1960-1990 by Ralph Yarrow Pdf

Author : Bruce A. Mcconachie
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781587294471

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American Theater in the Culture of the Cold War by Bruce A. Mcconachie Pdf

1. A theater of containment liberalism -- 2. Empty boys, queer others, and consumerism -- 3. Family circles, racial others, and suburbanization -- 4. Fragmented heroes, female others, and the bomb.

Author : William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781664159846

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Theatre Diplomacy During the Cold War by William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn Pdf

This multi-volume work began as a biography of Martha Wadsworth Coigney, who was a pioneering thought leader and advocate of internationalism in the American theatre during the cold war. It was expanded to include the contributions of her mentors and friends Rosamond Gilder, Maurice McClelland, Roger L. Stevens, and Ellen Stewart. Coigney served as director of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) of the United States for thirty-two years and President of ITI International from 1987-1995. The International Theatre Institute is an independent NGO devoted to the UNESCO mission of peace through mutual understanding. After World War II the organization sustained cultural exchange between artists on either side of the Iron Curtain, across religious divides and war zones.

Author : William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781796099294

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Theatre Diplomacy During the Cold War by William Wadsworth,Jim O'Quinn Pdf

This multi-volume work began as a biography of Martha Wadsworth Coigney, who was a pioneering thought leader and advocate of internationalism in the American theatre during the cold war. It was expanded to include the contributions of her mentors and friends Rosamond Gilder, Maurice McClelland, Roger L. Stevens, and Ellen Stewart. Coigney served as director of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) of the United States for thirty-two years and President of ITI International from 1987-1995. The International Theatre Institute is an independent NGO devoted to the UNESCO mission of peace through mutual understanding. After World War II the organization sustained cultural exchange between artists on either side of the Iron Curtain, across religious divides and war zones.

Author : Pirkko Koski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367476894

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Finland's National Theatre 1974-1991 by Pirkko Koski Pdf

This study analyses the Finnish National Theatre's activities throughout the decades during which the post-war generation with its new societal and theatrical views was rising to power, and during which Europe, divided by the Iron Curtain, was maturing to break the boundaries dividing it. Pirkko Koski summarizes the activities of the Finnish National Theatre as a cultural factor and as a part of the Finnish theatre field during 1970s and 1980s. Alongside this he examines the general requirements, resources and structures for activity, including artists, places, geographical position, performances and the analysis on the societal conditions. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of European theatre and history.

Author : Kerry Bystrom,Monica Popescu,Katherine A. Zien
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 0367679388

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The Cultural Cold War and the Global South by Kerry Bystrom,Monica Popescu,Katherine A. Zien Pdf

This volume investigates the cultural sites where the global Cold War played out. It brings to view unpredictable encounters that arose as writers, artists, filmmakers, and intellectuals from or aligned with the Third World navigated the ideological and material constraints set by superpowers and emerging regional powers. Often these encounters generated communitas and solidarity, while at times they fed old and new conflicts. Pushing forward recent scholarship that tracks the Cold War in the Global South and draws on postcolonial approaches, our contributors use archival, secondary, and ethnographic sources to trace the afterlives and memories of key figures and to explore meetings that performed cultural diplomacy. Our focus on sites of encounter or exchange underscores the situated, interpersonal, and embodied dimensions through which much of the cultural Cold War was experienced. While the global conflict divided citizens along ideological fault lines, it also linked people through circulating media--novels, film, posters, journals, and theatre--and multinational conferences that brought artists, intellectuals, and political activists together. Such contacts introduced new axes of solidarity and hierarchies of exclusion. Examining these connections and disjunctures, this new and necessary mapping of the cultural Cold War highlights under-addressed locations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.