Performing Peace and Friendship : The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy /

Performing Peace and Friendship tells the story of how the Soviet Union succeeded in utilizing the World Festival of Youth and Students in its cultural diplomacy from late Stalinism through the early Khrushchev period. Pia Koivunen discusses the evolution of the youth gathering into a Soviet cultura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koivunen, Pia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2022]
Colección:Rethinking the Cold War , 9
Temas:
1900-1999
Cold War > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Festivals > History > 20th century.
Youth and war > History > 20th century.
Youth > Soviet Union > Social life and customs.
Kalter Krieg.
Kulturpolitik.
UdSSR.
Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > URSS.
Jeunesse et guerre > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other).
Festivals
Social aspects
Youth and war
Youth > Social life and customs
Soviet Union
Cold War.
USSR.
World Festival of Youth and Students.
cultural diplomacy.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Selling Peace and Friendship to World Youth, 1947-56
  • 1 Stalinist Youth Festivals, 1947-51
  • 2 De-Stalinizing the Festival
  • Part II: Showcasing Khrushchev's USSR: The Moscow 1957 Festival
  • 3 Making of the Moscow Spectacle
  • 4 The Long-awaited Encounter with the World
  • 5 Boundaries of the Permissible
  • 6 Immediate Impacts and the Legacy of the Festival
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index

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