Chapter 7 Culture as Political Persuasion: Performing Soviet Friendship

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Introduction 3
7. Who’s Who of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society 9
8. Setting the Stage: The Soviet Friendship Phenomenon, 1917–49 22
9. Institutionalizing Friendship: The All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries 53
10. The Pro-Soviet Message: Dyson Carter and the CSFS Literature and Photographs 76
11. Polishing the Soviet Image: The CSFS and Progressive Ethnic Groups 99
12. The “Pink Tea Circuit” or “Dreams of Equality”? Women and the CSFS 125
13. Culture as Political Persuasion: Performing Soviet Friendship 146
14. Conclusion 170
15. Notes 182
16. Selected Bibliography 243
17. Index 253