{"product_id":"the-aesthetic-cold-war-decolonization-and-global-literature-paperback","title":"The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonization and Global Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Kalliney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow decolonization and the cold war influenced literature from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did superpower competition and the cold war affect writers in the decolonizing world? In \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetic Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Kalliney explores the various ways that rival states used cultural diplomacy and the political police to influence writers. In response, many writers from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean-such as Chinua Achebe, Mulk Raj Anand, Eileen Chang, C.L.R. James, Alex La Guma, Doris Lessing, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and Wole Soyinka-carved out a vibrant conceptual space of aesthetic nonalignment, imagining a different and freer future for their work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKalliney looks at how the United States and the Soviet Union, in an effort to court writers, funded international conferences, arts centers, book and magazine publishing, literary prizes, and radio programming. International spy networks, however, subjected these same writers to surveillance and intimidation by tracking their movements, tapping their phones, reading their mail, and censoring or banning their work. Writers from the global south also suffered travel restrictions, deportations, imprisonment, and even death at the hands of government agents. Although conventional wisdom suggests that cold war pressures stunted the development of postcolonial literature, Kalliney's extensive archival research shows that evenly balanced superpower competition allowed savvy writers to accept patronage without pledging loyalty to specific political blocs. Likewise, writers exploited rivalries and the emerging discourse of human rights to contest the attentions of the political police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA revisionist account of superpower involvement in literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetic Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e considers how politics shaped literary production in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Kalliney\u003c\/b\u003e is the William J. and Nina B. Tuggle Chair in English at the University of Kentucky. His books include \u003ci\u003eCities of Affluence and Anger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommonwealth of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eModernism in a Global Context\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704089506099,"sku":"9780691230658","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0uRZvFqXc39780691230658.webp?v=1763348189","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-aesthetic-cold-war-decolonization-and-global-literature-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}