LEADER 03381nam 22004815 450 001 9910831826903321 005 20210526051534.0 010 $a1-5017-5557-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501755576 035 $a(CKB)5590000000469578 035 $a(DE-B1597)567951 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501755576 035 $a(OCoLC)1183400258 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000469578 100 $a20210526h20212021 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Cold War from the Margins $eA Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene /$fTheodora K. Dragostinova 210 1$aIthaca, NY : $cCornell University Press, $d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (330 p.) $c40 b&w halftones 225 0 $aStudies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNote on Terminology -- $tIntroduction: Bulgaria on the Global Cultural Scene of the 1970s -- $t1. The Contradictions of Developed Socialism -- $t2. Goodwill between Neighbors -- $t3. Culture as a Way of Life -- $t4. Forging a Diaspora -- $t5. Like a Grand World Civilization -- $t6. Culture under Special Conditions -- $tEpilogue: The Socialist Past Today -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aCold War$xSocial aspects 606 $aCultural diplomacy$zBulgaria$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitics and culture$zBulgaria$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern$2bisacsh 610 $aCultural diplomacy, global cold war, socialist bulgaria, communist bulgaria, globalization. 615 0$aCold War$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCultural diplomacy$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Eastern. 676 $a949.903/1 700 $aDragostinova$b Theodora K., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831826903321 997 $aUNINA