Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Characterizations of Tracy Philipps -- 2. Love Your Neighbour: The RCMP and the National Film Board, 1948-1953 -- 3. Remembering To Forget -- 4. State Security and Cultural Administration: The Case of Peter Dwyer -- 5. Pulp History: Repossessing the Gouzenko Myth -- 6. 'I Came To Sing': Paul Robeson on the Border -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Summary
The security and cultural policy measures examined here, from the RCMP investigations at the National Film Board that led to numerous firings, to the harassment of the extraordinary African-American singer and Soviet sympathizer Paul Robeson, 'attest to the fragility and the enduring power of art to effect social change'
Notes
Originally published: Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2003
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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