Rethinking the Cinematic Cold War : The Struggle for Hearts and Minds Goes Global / edited by Stefano Pisu, Francesco Pitassio and Maurizio Zinni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pisu, Stefano, 1980- $e editor.

Pitassio, Francesco, editor.

Zinni, Maurizio, 1976- editor.

Series:

Visual and Media Cultures of the Cold War and Beyond Series.

Visual and Media Cultures of the Cold War and Beyond Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War in motion pictures.

Cold War in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Historical consensus increasingly views the Cold War period as a multifaceted conflict which extended beyond the borders of the USSR and USA, encompassing both cultural and diplomatic history. Debate remains, however, about how best to balance the Cold War as a cultural event with the existence of Cold War culture. Rethinking the Cinematic Cold War provides a fresh reassessment of this period, highlighting how the convergence of geopolitical interests, cultural production and exchange, and technological and media history shaped a unique epoch. Consequently, this volume seeks to diagnose the role cinema played in expanding the ideological outlook of artists, audiences, and policymakers.

Contents:

Rethinking the Cinematic Cold War

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I . At the Onset

Chapter 1. The Burden of Winning

Chapter 2. The Struggle to Save Progressive Unions

Chapter 3. A 'Trojan Horse in the Enemy Camp'

Chapter 4. An Impossible Cinematic Hegemony

Chapter 5. Soviet Cinematic Diplomacy from New York to Beijing, 1949

Part II. Film Diplomacy

Chapter 6. The Rise and Fall of Sino-Soviet Film Festival Diplomacy (1957-1966)

Chapter 7. Making Ground for Film Export

Chapter 8. The Film Market at the Time of Independence

Chapter 9. The Troubles of Non-Alignment

Chapter 10. From Anti-communism to Third-Worldism

Part III. From Rising Suns to a Slow Sunset

Chapter 11. Cold War and Film Festivals in the Aftermath of 1968

Chapter 12. To Catch Up and Overtake . . . Europe

Chapter 13. Missed Opportunities and Unexpected Success

Chapter 14. The Chilean Cultural Project during Unidad Popular (1970-1973)

Chapter 15. 'Ideological Threat of Italian Movies'

Conclusion

Filmography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781805398776

1805398776

9781805398783

1805398784

OCLC:

1461841382