Martha Graham's Cold War frames the story of Martha Graham and her particular brand of dance modernism as pro-Western Cold War propaganda used by the United States government to promote American democracy.
Martha Graham's Cold War frames the story of Martha Graham and her particular brand of dance modernism as pro-Western Cold War propaganda used by the United States government to promote American democracy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Victoria Phillips specializes in Cold War history, cultural diplomacy, and international relations. Her articles have appeared in such varied publications as the New York Times, American Communist History, Dance Chronicle, and Dance Research Journal. She has curated several exhibits on dance and politics in Europe and Washington, DC. Before her academic career, she was a dancer and then a portfolio manager on Wall Street. Her papers are held at the Library of Congress as the Victoria Phillips Collection.
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* Prologue: * An American Ambassador on the Tarmac * Introduction: * "That's What We Call Cultural Exchange" * Chapter One: * How Martha Graham Became a Cultural Ambassador: Modernist on the Frontier * Chapter Two: * "The New Home of Men": Modern Americana Goes to Asia and the Middle East * Chapter Three: * "Dedicated to Freedom": Martha Graham in Berlin, 1957 * Chapter Four: * The Aging of a Star in Camelot: Israel, Europe, and "Behind the Iron Curtain," 1962 * Chapter Five: * Triumphing Over "Exhaustion," 1963-1974 * Chapter Six: * "Forever Modern": From Ashes to Ambassador in Asia, 1974 * Chapter Seven: * "Grahamized and Americanized": The Defector Joins the First Lady on the Global Stage * Chapter Eight: * "And Martha Knew How to Play That": From Détente to Disco in Jimmy Carter's Middle East, 1979 * Chapter Nine: * Dancing Along the Wall: Graham, Reagan, and the Reunification of Berlin, 1987-1989 * Coda: * American Document and American Icons: "Grahamizing and Americanizing" the Russians for the Soviet Stage
* Prologue: * An American Ambassador on the Tarmac * Introduction: * "That's What We Call Cultural Exchange" * Chapter One: * How Martha Graham Became a Cultural Ambassador: Modernist on the Frontier * Chapter Two: * "The New Home of Men": Modern Americana Goes to Asia and the Middle East * Chapter Three: * "Dedicated to Freedom": Martha Graham in Berlin, 1957 * Chapter Four: * The Aging of a Star in Camelot: Israel, Europe, and "Behind the Iron Curtain," 1962 * Chapter Five: * Triumphing Over "Exhaustion," 1963-1974 * Chapter Six: * "Forever Modern": From Ashes to Ambassador in Asia, 1974 * Chapter Seven: * "Grahamized and Americanized": The Defector Joins the First Lady on the Global Stage * Chapter Eight: * "And Martha Knew How to Play That": From Détente to Disco in Jimmy Carter's Middle East, 1979 * Chapter Nine: * Dancing Along the Wall: Graham, Reagan, and the Reunification of Berlin, 1987-1989 * Coda: * American Document and American Icons: "Grahamizing and Americanizing" the Russians for the Soviet Stage
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