LEADER 04048nam 22006855 450 001 9910791316603321 005 20210826033022.0 010 $a0-300-19931-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300199314 035 $a(CKB)2550000001201414 035 $a(EBL)3421361 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001115849 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11633417 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115849 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11092057 035 $a(PQKB)11646763 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421361 035 $a(DE-B1597)486282 035 $a(OCoLC)1024015910 035 $a(OCoLC)1029837088 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692619 035 $a(OCoLC)1037971321 035 $a(OCoLC)1041973505 035 $a(OCoLC)1046615485 035 $a(OCoLC)1047025382 035 $a(OCoLC)1049620091 035 $a(OCoLC)1054872925 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300199314 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001201414 100 $a20200424h20142014 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThrough a Screen Darkly $ePopular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America's Image Abroad /$fMartha Bayles 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-12338-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tPrologue to Part One: Cultural Export-And Pushback --$t1. The American Way of Sex --$t2. Empire of Special Effects --$t3. Television by the People, for the People? --$t4. From Pop Idol to Vox Populi --$tPrologue to Part Two: The Lesson of Odysseus --$t5. The Washington-Hollywood Pact --$t6. "The World's Worst Propagandists" --$t7. US International Broadcasting --$t8. Bearers of Glad Tidings --$t9. "Freedom's Just Another Word" --$tConclusion --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWhat does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods-but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reasons ranging from ill-conceived foreign policy to the financial crisis and the sophisticated propaganda of modern authoritarians. Another reason, explored for the first time in this pathbreaking book, is the distorted picture of freedom and democracy found in America's cultural exports. In interviews with thoughtful observers in eleven countries, Martha Bayles heard many objections to the violence and vulgarity pervading today's popular culture. But she also heard a deeper complaint: namely, that America no longer shares the best of itself. Tracing this change to the end of the Cold War, Bayles shows how public diplomacy was scaled back, and in-your-face entertainment became America's de facto ambassador.This book focuses on the present and recent past, but its perspective is deeply rooted in American history, culture, religion, and political thought. At its heart is an affirmation of a certain ethos-of hope for human freedom tempered with prudence about human nature-that is truly the aspect of America most admired by others. And its author's purpose is less to find fault than to help chart a positive path for the future. 606 $aPopular culture$xAmerican influences 606 $aDiplomacy 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign public opinion 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1971-$xForeign public opinion 615 0$aPopular culture$xAmerican influences. 615 0$aDiplomacy. 676 $a303.48/273 686 $aHIS037080$aHIS036060$aSOC052000$2bisacsh 700 $aBayles$b Martha$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01488078 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791316603321 996 $aThrough a Screen Darkly$93708285 997 $aUNINA