Foreign Cultural Policy in the Interbellum
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A01=Tamara van Kessel
Author_Tamara van Kessel
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cultural hegemony studies
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fascism and propaganda
heritage in conflict
international cultural politics
international cultural relations
interwar period cultural diplomacy
mediterranean
Mediterranean political history
national identity construction
soft power diplomacy
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- ISBN 9781041179610
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book considers the growing awareness in the wake of World War I that culture could play an effective political role in international relations. Tamara van Kessel shows how the British created the British Council in support of those cultural aims, which took on particular urgency in light of the rise of fascist dictatorships in Europe. Van Kessel focuses in particular on the activities of the British Council and the Italian Dante Alighieri Society in the Mediterranean area, where their respective country's strategic and ideological interests most evidently clashed.
Tamara van Kessel is assistant professor in the Department of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam and member of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Heritage and Memory.
