Screening sovereignty: Cold War mediations of nationhood in USIA motion picture operations in the SWANA region

Bret Vukoder
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This article explores how visible constructions and perceptions of sovereignty in the motion pictures of the United States Information Agency (USIA) factored into the dynamics of US Cold War foreign policy amidst the rise of the Non-Aligned Movement. Specifically, it focuses on agency films about and circulating within the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region – such as the locally produced Iraq al-Youm newsreels (c.1956–58). By mapping the different policy contexts of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations onto the USIA films’ aesthetics and themes, the article illustrates continuities in the United States’s attempts to expressively leverage images and evocations of sovereignty to sell and consolidate its policy interests in the region.
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筛选主权:冷战时期美国中央情报局在西南非洲地区电影业务中对国家地位的调停
本文探讨了在不结盟运动兴起之际,美国新闻署(USIA)电影中可见的主权建构和主权观念如何成为美国冷战时期外交政策的动力因素。具体而言,本研究重点关注有关西南亚和北非(SWANA)地区并在该地区流传的美国新闻署影片,如当地制作的伊拉克新闻片(Iraq al-Youm)(约 1956-58 年)。通过将艾森豪威尔政府和肯尼迪政府的不同政策背景映射到美国新闻署电影的美学和主题上,文章说明了美国试图通过表达图像和唤起主权来推销和巩固其在该地区的政策利益的连续性。
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