Performing Peace and Friendship

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-ev...

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Hoofdauteur: Koivunen, Pia
Formaat: Online
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: De Gruyter 2023
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Online toegang:ONIX_20230130_9783110761160_63
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Samenvatting: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.