The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko |
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Author:
| Martynowych, Orest T. |
Series title: | Issn Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-88755-768-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | University of Manitoba Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine's struggle for independence. From his base in New York City, he built a network of folk dance schools and produced musical spectacles to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. Orest T. Martynowych's The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause is a fascinating portrait how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community.
A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine's struggle for independence. From his base in New York City, he built a network of folk dance schools and produced musical spectacles to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. Orest T. Martynowych's The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause is a fascinating portrait how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community.