Controlled Freedom

Allied Cultural Policy in Vienna, 1945–1955

235 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage. Yet cultural life soon returned: as early as 27 April, Soviet officers ordered its revival. It was not long until the other Allies – France, Britain, and the USA – launched their own cultural campaigns. The many cultural activities under Allied occupation were intended not only to underpin economic and political rebuilding, but also to promote an Austrian national consciousness – a separate self-image independent from Germany. This volume is the first to show the impact of Allied cultural policy in the fields of fine art, film, literature and libraries, music and theatre, press photography, print media, radio, and sport, thereby documenting an achievement that can still be felt today: the creation of a democratic Austrian identity.

• Reihe: Zeitgeschichte im Kontext
• ISBN: 9783847118527
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.04.2025
• Genre: Geschichte/Zeitgeschichte (1945 bis 1989)
• Verlag: V&R unipress
• Übersetzung: John Heath
• Herausgegeben von: Oliver Rathkolb
• Herausgegeben von: Thomas Angerer, Wolfgang Duchkowitsch, Veronika Floch, Christian Glanz, Richard Hufschmied, Monika Knofler, Marion Krammer, Michael Kraus, Johanna Maria Lerchner, Agnes Meisinger, Karin Moser, Wolfgang Müller, Manfred Mugrauer, Wolfgang Pensold, Hans Petschar, Monika Platzer, Oliver Rathkolb, Peter Rössler, Günther Stocker, Markus Stumpf, Margarethe Szeless, Agnes Meisinger