Upstaging the Cold War : American Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940-1960 / Andrew J. Falk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falk, Andrew Justin, 1969-

Series:

Culture, politics, and the cold war.

Culture, politics, and the Cold War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Influence.

Cold War.

Communism and motion pictures--United States.

Communism and motion pictures.

Television and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Television and politics.

Blacklisting of authors--United States--History--20th century.

Blacklisting of authors.

Screenwriters--Political activity--United States.

Screenwriters.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How dissident artistis became cultural emissaries during the early decades of the Cold War

Contents:

Introduction : the new negotiators. Hollywood in the crucible of war

One world or two? : the American postwar mission

Casting the Iron Curtain

Projectors of power : containment policy in Hollywood

Test patterns : making room for dissent in television

Guardians of the golden age : Cold War television and the imagined audience

The cultural battlefield in Europe

Afterword : the Cold War epic.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61376-020-5

OCLC:

794700519