Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy

Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht, Mark C. Donfried, Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht, Mark C. Donfried

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9781782380795, 9781845457464
• eBook ISBN: 9781845459949
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Recent studies on the meaning of cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century often focus on the United States and the Cold War, based on the premise that cultural diplomacy was a key instrument of foreign policy in the nation's effort to contain the Soviet Union. As a result, the term "cultural diplomacy" has become one-dimensional, linked to political manipulation and subordination and relegated to the margin of diplomatic interactions. This volume explores the significance of cultural diplomacy in regions other than the United States or "western" countries, that is, regions that have been neglected by scholars so far—Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. By examining cultural diplomacy in these regions, the contributors show that the function of information and exchange programs differs considerably from area to area depending on historical circumstances and, even more importantly, on the cultural mindsets of the individuals involved.

INDEX

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A

Abbot and Costello humor

Abe, Shinzo

Above the Battle (Roland)

Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Adams, Sherman

Adenauer, Konrad

Adenauer government

Advisory Group on International Cultural Exchange, Japan

Aeroflot flight delays

Afghanistan, invaded by Soviet Union

Africa

cultural diplomacy by

Germany in

African Americans, Soviet view of

Agitprop Commission, USSR

Aguilar, Manuela

Al-Atasi, Hasim

Alawite

Algiers, French conquest

Al-Husri, Sati

Allen, George V.

Alliance Française

All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; see VOKS

Amaury, Philippe

American Amateur Athletic Union

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

“American Committee for Democracy in Egypt”

American Diaries (Polevoi)

American Export

American Friends of the Middle East

“American model” of cultural diplomacy

American University, Beirut

American University, Cairo

Amerika Illustrated

Amsterdam-Pleyel Committee

Anglo-French relations in 16th century

anti-communism

Anti-Communist Journal

anti-communist organizations

anti-Semitism

in Poland 1968

in Soviet Union

anti-Soviet demonstration in Chicago

Aoki-Okabe, Maki

Arab-African relations

Arab confederation

United Kingdom desire for

U.S. desire for

Arabic language

Arab-Israeli war of 1948

Arab nationalism vs. European imperialism

Arab states; see also U.S. cultural diplomacy

anti-Americanism over Palestine

change in attitude to U.S. 1945–1957

in cold war

suspicion of United States

and U.S. role in Palestine

Aragon, Louis

ARAMCO

Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung

Archives Nationales, France

Arndt, Richard

Arosiev, Alexandre Y.

arts, promotion of

Asia

anti-communist bloc of U.S.

change in international relations in late 1980s

cultural diplomacy

Japanese free trade agreements

Japan’s commitment to cultural relations

Japan’s place in

xenophobia in

“Asia Gateway Mission”

Association of Revolutionary Writers and Artists

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

anti-Japanese sentiment in 1970s

Cultural Cen...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• List of Contributors
• Introduction. Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy
• I. Cultural Relations and the Soviet Union
• II. Cultural Diplomacy in Central Europe
• III. Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East
• IV. Civil Society and Cultural Diplomacy in Japan
• Index