Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part I. Rethinking Cold War Culture
5. 1. Combat Cultural 1
6. 2. History: From the WPA to the NEA (through the CIA) 15
7. 3. Theory: Adorno and Rancière (Abstraction, Modernism, Gender, Sexuality) 34
8. 4. Dancing: “Don’t Act, Just Dance” 59
9. Part II. Rereading Cold War Culture
10. 5. Figures in the Carpet: Balanchine, Cunningham, “Persia” 71
11. 6. Spartacus 125
12. 7. From Art As Diplomacy to Diplomacy As Art: The Red Detachment of Nixon in China 151
13. Notes 159
14. Bibliography 187
15. Index 203
16. About the Author 211