Music Art and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War


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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.
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