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Political partnering: the dance of US diplomacy in Latin America

Phillips, Victoria (2024) Political partnering: the dance of US diplomacy in Latin America. In: Rodríguez-Jiménez, Francisco, Delgado Gómez-Escalonilla, Lorenzo and Calandra, Benedetta, (eds.) US Public Diplomacy Strategies in Latin America During the Sixties: Time for Persuasion. Routledge, New York, 184 - 212. ISBN 9781032155661

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Identification Number: 10.4324/9781003244738-9

Abstract

World War II is understood as the United States’ anti-Nazi European battle, and the Cold War brought the Soviet threat, yet in both cases, Latin America was the first “soft power” cultural battleground for the United States (US) because of the continent’s strategic import for the United States. Initiated during the interwar period, dance as diplomacy with embedded propaganda messages served US aims. Through the Cold War, the private sector cooperated with the US government to promote American freedom of expression to fight the threat of fascism and communism. Interwar modernist ballet was followed by modern dance, a uniquely American genre that brought the promise of a “universal” freedom for “mankind.” Across government administrations, Democratic and Republican from 1940 through 1960, dance repertories exported under the State Department demonstrated not only freedom but also cultural finesse, and offered what Phillips calls “cultural convergences,” in which the choreographers and dance works demonstrated that the United States was a partner of the host country.

Item Type: Book Section
Additional Information: © 2024 The Author
Divisions: International History
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
J Political Science > JZ International relations
E History America > E11 America (General)
Date Deposited: 05 Nov 2024 14:21
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2024 18:45
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125957

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