The Power of Literature and Aspirational Images During the Cold War

This chapter explores the impact of Agatha Christie's fiction on shaping perceptions of life during the Cold War, contrasting the freedoms of the West with the realities of oppressive regimes. It also examines how aspirational portrayals in literature and magazines fostered desires for an unattainable lifestyle in the Eastern bloc.

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