{"product_id":"the-showman-and-the-ukrainian-cause-folk-dance-film-and-the-life-of-vasile-avramenko-9780887557682","title":"The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause: Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Orest T. Martynowych\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Manitoba Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Manitoba Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine's struggle for independence to North American audiences. From his base in New York City, he built a network of folk dance schools and produced musical spectacles to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. His feature-length Ukrainian language films made in the 1930s with Hollywood director Edgar G. Ulmer, the \"king of ethnic and B movies,\" were shown throughout North America. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrest T. Martynowych's T\u003cem\u003ehe Showman and the Ukrainian Cause \u003c\/em\u003eis a fascinating portrait how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45117804019863,"sku":"9780887557682","price":2260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780887557682.webp?v=1767143719","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-showman-and-the-ukrainian-cause-folk-dance-film-and-the-life-of-vasile-avramenko-9780887557682","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}