Performing Peace and Friendship : The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy

Koivunen, Pia

doi:10.1515/9783110761160

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Koivunen, Pia

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English

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Abstract

Through a case-study of the World Youth Festival, the book provides new insights into the Soviet role in the cultural Cold War and offers an explanation why the USSR failed in the cultural battle against the USA and the capitalist system. With a detailed analysis of grass-roots interaction, it re-evaluates the agency of micro-level actors and argues that individuals had more chances for transnational contacts than previous scholarship has shown.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96539

Keywords

Cold War; USSR cultural diplomacy; World Festival of Youth and Students.; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPQ Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTD Oral history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTW Cold wars and proxy conflicts; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements