ISBN:
9783839422731
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Resource (316 Seiten).
Series Statement:
American studies volume 5
Series Statement:
American Culture Studies v.5
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896073
Keywords:
African American women
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
;
Germany -- Civilization -- American influences
;
African American women
;
Germany ; Intellectual life ; 20th century
;
Germany ; Civilization ; American influences
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Electronic books
Abstract:
From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as »mother« of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women's art and activism throughout the 20th century. The discursive strategies that have shaped the (West) German reactions to African American women's social activism and cultural work are examined in this study, which proposes not only a nuanced understanding of »African Americanizations« as a form of cultural exchange but also sheds new light on the role of African American culture for (West) German society, culture, and national identity. Rezension »[The book] offers a theoretically and methodologically innovative model for future scholarship. It merits a wide readership.« Brian Van Wyck, H-Net Reviews, 3 (2014) »Insgesamt hat Katharina Gerund eine überzeugende Studie vorgelegt, mit der sie ein wichtiges und oftmals beiseitegeschobenes Kapitel der bundesdeutschen Kulturgeschichte ausleuchtet.« Olaf Stieglitz, Neue Politische Literatur, 58 (2013) Reviewed in: www.caar-web.org, 7, Stella Bolaki American Historical Review, 6 (2014), Timothy L. Schroer Reihe American Culture Studies - Band 5.
Abstract:
Cover Transatlantic Cultural Exchange -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 (African) Americanizing Germany -- Debates on Americanization -- Beyond the German "Sonderfall:" Americanizations in the Plural -- Americanizations after 1945 -- 3 African American Culture in (Postwar) Germany -- African American Soldiers and 'Racial' Discourses -- Jazz in Germany: A "Checkered History" -- Jazz Icon, Show Star, Activist: Josephine Baker and Germany -- 4 Transatlantic Political Protests and Countercultures: Angela Davis -- Contested Appropriations: Black Power in West Germany -- Becoming Black, Becoming Active: "Freiheit für Angela Davis!" -- Angela Davis in West German (Print) Media -- Angela Davis's Self-Representation and Counternarrative -- 5 Visions of (Global) Sisterhood and Black Solidarity: Audre Lorde -- Audre Lorde's Art and Activism -- Afro-German Identities, Women's Communities, and Lorde's Legacy in Germany -- The Black Diaspora, Germany, and Gender -- 6 Transatlantic Travels via Celluloid and the Literary Circuit: Alice Walker and Toni Morrison -- African American Women's Cultures on the Big Screen: The Color Purple -- African American Literature and the Literary Establishment: Toni Morrison -- 7 Conclusion -- Works Cited.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 12, 2015). Based on author's doctoral thesis, Bremen University, 2011
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