| ID | 132017 |
| Title Proper | Culture clash in the socialist paradise |
| Other Title Information | Soviet patronage and African students' urbanity in the Soviet Union, 1960-1965 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Guillory, Sean |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The encounters between Soviet citizens and African students studying in the Soviet Union in the sixties inevitably generated problems of acclimation, social and political conflict, and racial strife. The article illuminates the ways the cultural clash affirmed Russians' and Africans' sense of cultural superiority. The African presence in Russia confirmed Soviet altruism in rearing Africans into cultured and scientifically endowed people. Similarly, African encounters with Soviet daily life reaffirmed their identity as culturally superior to Russians by emphasizing aspects of the individual that directly conflicted with Soviet notions of collectivism. The conflict over culturedness had direct ramifications on the Cold War as it strengthened Africans' pragmatic stance toward Soviet patronage and their reluctance to embrace Soviet ideology and values. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomatic History Vol.38, No.2; April 2014: p.271-281 |
| Journal Source | Diplomatic History Vol.38, No.2; April 2014: p.271-281 |
| Key Words | Soviet Union ; Political Conflicts ; Racial Strife ; Acclimation ; Social Conflict ; Post Soviet Space ; Soviet Altruism ; African Counters ; Social Collectivism ; Soviet Patronage ; Cold War ; Pragmatic Stance ; Cultural Superiority ; Soviet Ideology ; Russian Conflicts ; African Encounters ; African Union - AU ; Socialist Paradise |