Through a screen darkly : popular culture, public diplomacy, and America's image abroad

Through a screen darkly : popular culture, public diplomacy, and America's image abroad /

"What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods--but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reasons ranging from ill-conceived foreign policy to the financial crisis and the sophisticated propag...

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Main Author: Bayles, Martha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Since 1971
Popular culture > American influences.
Diplomacy.
Popular culture > United States > Foreign public opinion.
International relations > History > 21st century.
Mass media and culture.
diplomacy.
HISTORY > Modern > 21st Century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Diplomacy
Diplomatic relations
International relations
Manners and customs > Foreign public opinion
Mass media and culture
Popular culture > American influences
Popular culture > Foreign public opinion
Public opinion
United States > Foreign relations > 21st century.
United States > Foreign public opinion.
United States > Social life and customs > 1971- > Foreign public opinion.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 21e siècle.
États-Unis > Opinion publique étrangère.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1971- > Opinion publique étrangère.
United States
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Fun-House Mirror of Popular Culture
  • Prologue to Part One: Cultural Export--And Pushback
  • 1. The American Way of Sex
  • 2. Empire of Special Effects
  • 3. Television by the People, for the People?
  • 4. From Pop Idol to Vox Populi
  • Part II. Goodwill Hunting
  • Prologue to Part Two: The Lesson of Odysseus
  • 5. The Washington-Hollywood Pact
  • 6. "The World's Worst Propagandists"
  • 7. US International Broadcasting
  • 8. Bearers of Glad Tidings
  • 9. "Freedom's Just Another Word"
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.

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