Showman and the Ukrainian Cause |
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| Author:
| Martynowych, Orest T. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-322-08120-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Manitoba Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
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 to North American audiences. 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. His feature-length Ukrainian language films made in the 1930s with Hollywood director Edgar G. Ulmer, the king of ethnic and B movies, were shown...
More DescriptionA quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine s struggle for independence to North American audiences. 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. His feature-length Ukrainian language films made in the 1930s with Hollywood director Edgar G. Ulmer, the king of ethnic and B movies, were shown throughout North America. 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."