03456nam 22004935 450 99641944740331620210526051534.01-5017-5557-910.1515/9781501755576(CKB)5590000000469578(DE-B1597)567951(DE-B1597)9781501755576(OCoLC)1183400258(EXLCZ)99559000000046957820210526h20212021 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Cold War from the Margins A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene /Theodora K. DragostinovaIthaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021]©20211 online resource (330 p.) 40 b&w halftonesStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityFrontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction: Bulgaria on the Global Cultural Scene of the 1970s -- 1. The Contradictions of Developed Socialism -- 2. Goodwill between Neighbors -- 3. Culture as a Way of Life -- 4. Forging a Diaspora -- 5. Like a Grand World Civilization -- 6. Culture under Special Conditions -- Epilogue: The Socialist Past Today -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn The Cold War from the Margins, Theodora K. Dragostinova reappraises the global 1970s from the perspective of a small socialist state-Bulgaria-and its cultural engagements with the Balkans, the West, and the Third World. During this anxious decade, Bulgaria's communist leadership invested heavily in cultural diplomacy to bolster its legitimacy at home and promote its agendas abroad. Bulgarians traveled the world to open museum exhibitions, show films, perform music, and showcase the cultural heritage and future aspirations of their "ancient yet modern" country. As Dragostinova shows, these encounters transcended the Cold War's bloc mentality: Bulgaria's relations with Greece and Austria warmed, émigrés once considered enemies were embraced, and new cultural ties were forged with India, Mexico, and Nigeria. Pursuing contact with the West and solidarity with the Global South boosted Bulgaria's authoritarian regime by securing new allies and unifying its population. Complicating familiar narratives of both the 1970s and late socialism, The Cold War from the Margins places the history of socialism in an international context and recovers alternative models of global interconnectivity along East-South lines.Cold WarSocial aspectsCultural diplomacyBulgariaHistory20th centuryPolitics and cultureBulgariaHistory20th centuryHISTORY / Europe / EasternbisacshCultural diplomacy, global cold war, socialist bulgaria, communist bulgaria, globalization.Cold WarSocial aspects.Cultural diplomacyHistoryPolitics and cultureHistoryHISTORY / Europe / Eastern.949.903/1Dragostinova Theodora K., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1214112DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996419447403316The Cold War from the Margins2803870UNISA