Don't act, just dance : the metapolitics of cold war culture / Catherine Gunther Kodat.

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"Drawing on fresh archival material, Catherine Gunther Kodat questions several commonly held beliefs about the purpose and meaning of modernist cultural productions during the Cold War. Rather than read the dance through a received understanding of Cold War culture, Don't Act, Just Dance reads Cold War culture through the dance, and in doing so establishes a new understanding of the politics of modernism in the arts of the period"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PrefacePart I Rethinking Cold War Culture1 Combat Cultural2 History: From the WPA to the NEA (through the CIA)3 Theory: Adorno and Ranciere (Abstraction, Modernism, Gender, Sexuality)4 Dancing: "Don't Act, Just Dance"Part II Rereading Cold War Culture5 Figures in the Carpet: Balanchine, Cunningham, "Persia"6 Spartacus7 From Art as Diplomacy to Diplomacy as Art: The Red Detachment of Nixon in ChinaNotesBibliographyIndex.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Rethinking Cold War Culture -- 1. Combat Cultural -- 2. History: From the WPA to the NEA (through the CIA) -- 3. Theory: Adorno and Rancière (Abstraction, Modernism, Gender, Sexuality) -- 4. Dancing: "Don't Act, Just Dance" -- Part II. Rereading Cold War Culture -- 5. Figures in the Carpet: Balanchine, Cunningham, "Persia" -- 6. Spartacus -- 7. From Art As Diplomacy to Diplomacy As Art: The Red Detachment of Nixon in China -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

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