Tonal intelligence : the aesthetics of Asian inscrutability during the long Cold War /

Why were U.S. intelligence organizations so preoccupied with demystifying East and Southeast Asia during the mid-twentieth century' Sunny Xiang offers a new way of understanding the American cold war in Asia by tracing aesthetic manifestations of 'Oriental inscrutability' across a wid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xiang, Sunny (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Colección:Literature Now.
Temas:
1900-1999
Orientalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Secret service.
Asians in literature.
Asians in motion pictures.
Asian Americans > Race identity.
Propaganda, American > Asia > History > 20th century.
Propaganda, American > Pacific Area > History > 20th century.
Orientalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide > Service secret.
Asiatiques dans la littérature.
Asiatiques au cinéma.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Identité ethnique.
Propagande américaine > Asie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Propagande américaine > Pacifique, Région du > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
Diplomatic relations.
Orientalism.
Propaganda, American.
Public opinion, American.
Asia > Foreign public opinion, American.
Pacific Area > Foreign public opinion, American.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989.
Asia.
Pacific Area.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Hardly war, partly history
  • The tone of intelligence : unconventional warfare and its archives
  • The tone of the rumors : something in the air
  • The tone of the times : a surpassing hurry
  • The tone of documentation : the brainwashee's drone
  • The tone of intimacy : among the fish
  • Coda: The tone of commons : solidarities without a solid.

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