Chapter 8 Brecht as a Model for Cultural Development East German ITI Events for Theatre Artists from the "Third World"

Despite the non-governmental status of the UNESCO-affiliated International Theatre Institute (ITI), its organisational structures enabled its member states to use it as an instrument of cultural representation for national and Cold War purposes. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the East German nat...

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Main Author: Sturm, Rebecca (auth)
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