Jazz diplomacy

Jazz as an instrument of global diplomacy transformed superpower relations in the Cold War era and reshaped democracy's image worldwide. Lisa E. Davenport tells the story of America's program of jazz diplomacy practiced in the Soviet Union and other regions of the world from 1954 to 1968....

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Glavni autor: Davenport, Lisa E. (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Nakladnička cjelina: American made music series
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504 |a Bibliografija: str. [199]-212. 
504 |a Kazalo. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Battling the Reds -- Jazz diplomacy at home and abroad, 1954-1957 -- Jazz means freedom, 1957-1960 -- The paradox of jazz diplomacy, 1961-1966 -- Jazz behind the iron curtain, 1961-1966 -- Bedlam from the decadent West, 1967-1968 -- Conclusion. 
520 |a Jazz as an instrument of global diplomacy transformed superpower relations in the Cold War era and reshaped democracy's image worldwide. Lisa E. Davenport tells the story of America's program of jazz diplomacy practiced in the Soviet Union and other regions of the world from 1954 to 1968. Jazz music and jazz musicians seemed an ideal card to play in diminishing the credibility and appeal of Soviet communism in the Eastern bloc and beyond. Government-funded musical junkets by such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and Benny Goodman dramatically influenced perceptions of the U.S. and its capitalist brand of democracy while easing political tensions in the midst of critical Cold War crises. This book shows how, when coping with foreign questions about desegregation, the dispute over the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, jazz players and their handlers wrestled with the inequalities of race and the emergence of class conflict while promoting America in a global context. And, as jazz musicians are wont to do, many of these ambassadors riffed off script when the opportunity arose. Jazz Diplomacy argues that this musical method of winning hearts and minds often transcended economic and strategic priorities. Even so, the goal of containing communism remained paramount, and it prevailed over America's policy of redefining relations with emerging new nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. 
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653 0 |a Povijest 
653 0 |a Kultura 
653 4 |a 20. stoljeće 
653 0 |a Hladni rat 
653 0 |a Sjedinjene Američke Države 
653 0 |a Međunarodni odnosi 
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