| Americans All: Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II Contributor(s): Sadlier, Darlene J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0292756852 ISBN-13: 9780292756854 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Latin America - South America - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and L |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.86 lbs) 263 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sadlier, Darlene J.: - Darlene J. Sadlier is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Communication and Culture at Indiana University–Bloomington. Her most recent book is the cultural history, Brazil Imagined: 1500 to the Present (2008). |