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Yves Montand in the USSR
This volume is the first book-length account of Yves Montand’s controversial tour of the Soviet Union at the turn of the years 1956/57. It traces the mixed messages of this internationally visible act of cultural diplomacy in the middle of the turbulent Cold War. It also provides an account of the celebrated French singer-actor’s controversial career, his dedication to music and to peace activism, as well as his widespread fandom in the USSR. The book describes the political background for the events of the year 1956, including the changing Soviet atmosphere after Stalin’s death, portrays the rising transnational stardom of Montand in the 1940s and 1950s, and explores the controversies aroused by his plan to visit Moscow after the Hungarian Uprising. The book pays particular attention to Montand’s reception in the USSR and his concert performances, drawing on unique archival material and oral history interviews, and analyses the documentary Yves Montand Sings (1957) released immediately after his visit.
La Vendée de la mémoire
2019 : en a-t-on fini avec la Vendée ? La Vendée est à nouveau d'actualité. Les livres de Philippe de Villiers ou de Patrick Buisson connaissent des succès retentissants, faisant écho à celui que connaît le spectacle du Puy-du-Fou. Les querelles historiographiques continuent autour du " génocide " vendéen, revitalisées par les incertitudes de l'Etat pour savoir que faire des squelettes retrouvés au Mans, témoins de la répression de 1793. Le présent livre s'était initialement attaché à suivre l'histoire des relations entre la Vendée et la France de 1800 à 1980 pour mettre en valeur l'importance que le souvenir des guerres de Vendée, grossièrement de 1793 à 1799, avaient...
Recentering Africa in International Relations
This innovative book responds to an existing demand for taking Africa out of a place of exception and marginality, and placing it at the center of international relations and world politics. Bringing together a number of scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to stage a critical intervention into the problematic ways Africa is accounted for in the dominant discourses of international relations and global politics, it challenges the structural and epistemic biases of IR that render the contributions of the continent invisible, and situates the continent as a global region that exists beyond notions of lack, disorder, and failure. Through these interventions, the volume contributes to a rethinking of IR, and the conditions of possibility for imagining a world otherwise beyond frames that fetishize Africa paradoxically as transparent and invisible.
Orissa Gazette
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Advances in Applications of Industrial Biomaterials
This book presents recent advances in the development of biomaterials for industrial applications, and discusses the potential for substituting environmentally hazardous substances with environmentally friendly and degradable components. Focusing on both the material development and production technologies, it reviews different materials, as well as new production technologies and application areas. It also highlights the importance of incorporating organic materials into different composites to enable consumption of otherwise waste materials. Further it addresses biopolymers for the food industry, e.g. edible films and coatings in food production and biodegradable materials; the automotive ...
