ISBN:
9781845454876
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (302 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Americanization And Anti-americanism : The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945
DDC:
303.48/243073/09045
Schlagwort(e):
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Kurzfassung:
The ongoing discussions about globalization, American hegemony and September 11 and its aftermath have moved the debate about the export of American culture and cultural anti-Americanism to center stage of world politics. At such a time, it is crucial to understand the process of culture transfer and its effects on local societies and their attitudes toward the United States. This volume presents Germany as a case study of the impact of American culture throughout a period characterized by a totalitarian system, two unusually destructive wars, massive ethnic cleansing, and economic disaster
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Americanization and Anti-Americanism; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART 1: POLITICS OF CULTURE; ANTI-AMERICANISM AND AMERICANIZATION; COUNTER-AMERICANISM AND CRITICAL CURRENTS IN WEST GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION 1945-1960; SAIGON, NUREMBERG, AND THE WEST; PART 2: POPULAR CULTURE; RESISTING BOOGIE-WOOGIE CULTURE, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, AND POP ART; FROM NIGHTMARE TO MODEL?; LEARNING FROM AMERICA; PART 3: FILM; CINEMATIC AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST IN GERMANY; ANTI-AMERICANISM AND THE COLD WAR; GERMAN CINEMA FACE TO FACE WITH HOLLYWOOD; PART 4. EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES; DOUBLE CROSSINGS
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
ANTI-AMERICANISM AND ANTI-MODERNISM IN EUROPECALIFORNIA BLUE; AWKWARD RELATIONS; PART 5: OUTLOOK; CRISIS OR COOPERATION?; GERMANS AND AMERICANS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PERIOD 1945 TO THE PRESENT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Americanization and Anti-Americanism; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART 1: POLITICS OF CULTURE; ANTI-AMERICANISM AND AMERICANIZATION; COUNTER-AMERICANISM AND CRITICAL CURRENTS IN WEST GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION 1945-1960; SAIGON, NUREMBERG, AND THE WEST; PART 2: POPULAR CULTURE; RESISTING BOOGIE-WOOGIE CULTURE, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, AND POP ART; FROM NIGHTMARE TO MODEL?; LEARNING FROM AMERICA; PART 3: FILM; CINEMATIC AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST IN GERMANY; ANTI-AMERICANISM AND THE COLD WAR; GERMAN CINEMA FACE TO FACE WITH HOLLYWOOD; PART 4. EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES; DOUBLE CROSSINGS
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
ANTI-AMERICANISM AND ANTI-MODERNISM IN EUROPECALIFORNIA BLUE; AWKWARD RELATIONS; PART 5: OUTLOOK; CRISIS OR COOPERATION?; GERMANS AND AMERICANS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PERIOD 1945 TO THE PRESENT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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