The other Cold War /

In this conceptually bold project, Heonik Kwon uses anthropology to interrogate the cold war's cultural and historical narratives. Adopting a truly panoramic view of local politics and international events, he challenges the notion that the cold war was a global struggle fought uniformly around...

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Main Author: Kwon, Heonik, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Series:Columbia studies in international and global history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The idea of the end
  • Color lines of the twentieth century
  • American orientalism
  • The ambidextrous body
  • The democratic family
  • Rethinking postcolonial history
  • Cold War culture in perspective
  • Conclusion.