| The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause: Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko Volume 11 Contributor(s): Martynowych, Orest T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887557686 ISBN-13: 9780887557682 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Studies in Immigration and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.09" W x 9" (0.86 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine's struggle for independence to North American audiences. From his base in New York City, he built a network of folk dance schools and produced musical spectacles to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. His feature-length Ukrainian language films made in the 1930s with Hollywood director Edgar G. Ulmer, the "king of ethnic and B movies," were shown throughout North America. Orest T. Martynowych's The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause is a fascinating portrait how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Martynowych, Orest T.: - Orest T. Martynowych is a historian at the Centre for Ukrainian-Canadian Studies, University of Manitoba. He is the author of Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative Years, 1891-1924. |