Foreign Cultural Policy in the Interbellum : The Italian Dante Alighieri Society and the British Council Contesting the Mediterranean /

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This book considers the growing awareness in the wake of World War I that culture could play an effective political role in international relations. Tamara van Kessel shows how the British created the British Council in support of those cultural aims, which took on particular urgency in light of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kessel, Tamara van (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Società Dante Alighieri.
British Council.
International relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Italy.
Great Britain.
Italy > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Relations > Italy.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The development of foreign cultural policy
  • The Dante Alighieri Society and the British Council
  • Constructions of 'Italianità' and 'Britishness'
  • The battle for cultural hegemony in Malta
  • National culture and imperial conquest
  • Conclusion.

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