Racial imaginary of the cold war kitchen, the: from sokol'niki park to chicago's south side

Auteur :
Baldwin, Kate A.
Éditeur :
University Press of New England
ISBN :
9781611688627
Date de publication :
28 janv. 2016
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book demonstrates the ways in which the kitchen - the centerpiece of domesticity and consumerism - was deployed as a recurring motif in the ideological and propaganda battles of the Cold War. Beginning with the famous Nixon - Khrushchev kitchen debate, Baldwin shows how Nixon turned the kitchen into a space of exception, while contemporary wri