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001 2014014212
003 DLC
005 20151231075557.0
008 140609s2015 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014014212
020 $a9780813565279 (hardback)
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020 $z9780813565286 (e-book)
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050 00 $aGV1623$b.K64 2015
082 00 $a792.80973$223
084 $aHIS037070$aPER003010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKodat, Catherine Gunther.
245 10 $aDon't act, just dance :$bthe metapolitics of cold war culture /$cCatherine Gunther Kodat.
264 1 $aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$bRutgers University Press,$c2015.
300 $axiv, 210 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Drawing on fresh archival material, Catherine Gunther Kodat questions several commonly held beliefs about the purpose and meaning of modernist cultural productions during the Cold War. Rather than read the dance through a received understanding of Cold War culture, Don't Act, Just Dance reads Cold War culture through the dance, and in doing so establishes a new understanding of the politics of modernism in the arts of the period"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: PrefacePart I Rethinking Cold War Culture1 Combat Cultural2 History: From the WPA to the NEA (through the CIA)3 Theory: Adorno and Ranciere (Abstraction, Modernism, Gender, Sexuality)4 Dancing: "Don't Act, Just Dance"Part II Rereading Cold War Culture5 Figures in the Carpet: Balanchine, Cunningham, "Persia"6 Spartacus7 From Art as Diplomacy to Diplomacy as Art: The Red Detachment of Nixon in ChinaNotesBibliographyIndex.
650 0 $aDance$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPerforming arts$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCultural diplomacy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCold War$xInfluence.
650 0 $aCold War$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolitics and culture$zUnited States.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet.$2bisacsh