Americans all [[electronic resource] ] : good neighbor cultural diplomacy in World War II / / by Darlene J. Sadlier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785935703321
• Autore: Sadlier Darlene J (Darlene Joy)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-292-74980-5; 0-292-73931-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 251 p. : ill., ports
• Collana: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
• Disciplina: 327.730809/04
• Soggetti: World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history; Cultural industries - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Popular culture - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; United States Relations Latin America; Latin America Relations United States; United States Cultural policy; United States Foreign relations 1933-1945; United States Intellectual life 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Culture Industry Goes to War -- On Screen : The Motion Picture Division -- On the Air : The Radio Division -- In Print : The Press and Publication Division -- In Museums, Libraries, and on the Home Front : The Divisions of Cultural Relations and Inter-American Affairs in the United States -- Aftermath.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cultural diplomacy—“winning hearts and minds” through positive portrayals of the American way of life—is a key element in U.S. foreign policy, although it often takes a backseat to displays of military might. Americans All provides an in-depth, fine-grained study of a particularly successful instance of cultural diplomacy—the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA), a government agency established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and headed by Nelson A. ; Rockefeller that worked to promote hemispheric solidarity and combat Axis infiltration and domination by bolstering inter-American cultural ties. Darlene J. Sadlier explores how the CIAA used film, radio, the press, and various educational and high-art activities to convince people in the United States of the importance of good neighbor relations with Latin America, while also persuading Latin Americans that the United States recognized and appreciated the importance of our southern neighbors. She examines the CIAA’s working relationship with Hollywood’s Motion Picture Society of the Americas; its network and radio productions in North and South America; its sponsoring of Walt Disney, Orson Welles, John Ford, Gregg Toland, and many others who traveled between the United States and Latin America; and its close ties to the newly created Museum of Modern Art, which organized traveling art and photographic exhibits and produced hundreds of 16mm educational films for inter-American audiences; and its influence on the work of scores of artists, libraries, book publishers, and newspapers, as well as public schools, universities, and private organizations.

The peoples of northeast Asia through time : precolonial ethnic and cultural processes along the coast between Hokkaido and the Bering Strait / / by Richard Zgusta

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797392003321
• Autore: Zgusta Richard <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, the Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]
• ISBN: 90-04-30043-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (463 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.95
• Soggetti: Prehistoric peoples - East Asia; Indigenous peoples - East Asia; Ethnology - East Asia; Coastal archaeology - East Asia; Antiquities; Coastal archaeology; Ethnology; Indigenous peoples; Manners and customs; Prehistoric peoples; East Asia Antiquities; East Asia Social life and customs; Pacific Coast (Asia) Antiquities; Pacific Coast (Asia) Social life and customs; Hokkaido Region (Japan) Antiquities; Bering Strait Region Antiquities; Asia Pacific Coast; East Asia; Japan Hokkaido Region; Pacific Ocean Bering Strait Region
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction: Historical Methods and Northeast Asian Coastal Cultures -- 2 Hokkaido Island: Ainu -- 3 Sakhalin Island: Nivkh -- 4 Lower Amur Valley: The Amur Complex (Nanay, Ulcha, Orochi, Udehe, Ulta) -- 5 Amur and Okhotsk Tungus (Negidal, Eastern Ewenki, Okhotsk Ewen) -- 6 Northeast Asian Tundra and Taiga: The Yukagir-Chuwan (Northern Paleoasiatic) Complex -- 7 Kamchatka Peninsula: The Itelmen-Kamchadal Complex -- 8 Far Northeast of Asia: The Koryak-Chukchi (Northeastern Paleoasiatic) Complex -- 9 Western Bering Strait: Asiatic Eskimo -- 10 Cultural Connections -- 11 Conclusion: Pacific Northeast Asia in Time and Space -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The focus of Richard Zgusta’s The Peoples of Northeast Asia through Time is the formation of indigenous and cultural groups of coastal northeast Asia, including the Ainu, the “Paleoasiatic” peoples, and the Asiatic Eskimo. Most chapters begin with a summary of each culture at the beginning of the colonial era, which is followed by an interdisciplinary reconstruction of prehistoric cultures that have direct ancestor-descendant relationships with the modern ones. An additional chapter presents a comparative discussion of the ethnographic data, including subsistence patterns, material culture, social organization, and religious beliefs, from a diachronic viewpoint. Each chapter includes maps and extensive references.