Cold War photographic diplomacy : the US Information Agency and Africa

The emergence of newly independent African nations onto the world stage in the mid-twentieth century precipitated a contest for influence among Cold War superpowers. During this time the United States mounted a campaign of photographic diplomacy, underpinned by a faith in the medium to cross cultura...

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Main Author: Newbury, Darren (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press , [2024]
Subjects:
United States Information Agency > History
United States Information Agency
Geschichte 1950-1970
Fotografie
Auslandsbeziehungen
Ost-West-Konflikt
Afrika
Rezensiertes Werk
United States > Foreign relations > Africa
Africa > Foreign relations > United States
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century
Africa > Foreign relations > 20th century
Africa
USA
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA
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Related Items:Erscheint auch als: Cold War photographic diplomacy
Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Darren Newbury, Cold War photographic diplomacy, rhe US Information Agency and Africa]
Author Notes:Darren Newbury
Table of Contents:
  • Photography, race, and the Cold War imagination
  • Photography, public diplomacy, and the Africa Program at the United States Information Agency
  • "Toward a better world" : Africa, the United Nations, and the photographic diplomacy of decolonization
  • "A pleasant mixture of Negro and White" : photographing civil rights as democracy in action
  • "Africans at the wax museum" : photography and international friendship
  • "Don't touch those windows" : United States Information Service exhibits in Africa
  • Epilogue.
  • Photography, race, and the Cold War imagination
  • Photography, public diplomacy, and the Africa Program at the United States Information Agency
  • "Toward a better world" : Africa, the United Nations, and the photographic diplomacy of decolonization
  • "A pleasant mixture of Negro and White" : photographing civil rights as democracy in action
  • "Africans at the wax museum" : photography and international friendship
  • "Don't touch those windows" : United States Information Service exhibits in Africa
  • Photography, race, and the Cold War imagination
  • Photography, public diplomacy, and the Africa Program at the United States Information Agency
  • "Toward a better world" : Africa, the United Nations, and the photographic diplomacy of decolonization
  • "A pleasant mixture of Negro and White" : photographing civil rights as democracy in action
  • "Africans at the wax museum" : photography and international friendship
  • "Don't touch those windows" : United States Information Service exhibits in Africa

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