The Festival of India Development and Diplomacy at the End of the Cold War

The Festival of India\n\nDevelopment and Diplomacy at the End of the Cold War\n\nThis Element studies the Festival of India in the United States, one of the world's biggest cultural diplomacy events.\n\nRashna Darius Nicholson (Author)\n\n9781009485999, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 16 May 2024\n\n86 pages\n23.5 x 15.9 x 1 cm, 0.27 kg\n\nAn in-depth study of the Festival of India (1985\u20131986) in the United States, one of the biggest events ever mounted to promote goodwill between two countries. Comprising more than seven hundred programs of music, dance, drama, film shows, art exhibitions, and workshops sponsored by over two hundred cultural institutions across over a hundred cities, the festival constituted a prismatic event that refracted the complex forces at play on the global stage during the 1980s. The Element delineates how this multi-sited spectacle of unprecedented size and near unfathomable political, economic, and cultural influence impacted theatre]