Articles (3)
Haute-Vienne on U.S. time: the Americanization of a French Province in the 1930s
When, how and at what pace did a French province become Americanized? This article traces the arrival and establishment of African-American music and dances in the Haute-Vienne department between the wars and the debates they fueled in local society.
The 1972 Olympics Basketball Final between the Soviet Union and the United States
The game marked a turning point in the sport’s history on both sides of the Atlantic. Due to linguistic misunderstandings between the American players, the Soviet coaches and the Brazilian referee, the sport spoke a little less English after 1972.
Octavio Paz
If there is one Latin-American writer who embodies the fertility of intellectual and aesthetic exchanges between his country, Europe and other parts of the world, it is Mexico’s Octavio Paz (1914-1998), who bore witness to the 20th century’s turmoil as an engaged spectator, poet, critic, magazine founder and awakener of ideas.