Frank Gerits
Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
Research fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa
External fellow, the Center for the History of Global Development, Shanghai University
International History and the diplomatic history of 'The Rest'
GE3V17049 The Cultural Cold War
Class 6 The 1970s
What do movies tell us about public diplomacy in the 1970s and the 1980s?
Look for a movie and tell explain to the rest of the class what the movie can tell us about the 1980s and 1970s. We are going to become cultural historians and interpret what the 1980s and 1970s was about through the analysis of cultural products.
Assignment & Readings
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Rambo's increased aggressiveness is often seen as a cultural product of Reagan's war talk.