03125nam 22005653u 450 991078788160332120210114065901.00-85745-680-610.1515/9780857456809(CKB)2670000000530545(EBL)1466207(MiAaPQ)EBC1466207(DE-B1597)636357(DE-B1597)9780857456809(EXLCZ)99267000000053054520140310d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmericanization And Anti-americanism[electronic resource] The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945New York, NY Berghahn Books20071 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-487-1 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 CROSSINGSANTI-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 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 diAmericanizationAnti-AmericanismGermanyPolitics and cultureGermanyPopular cultureGermanyPublic opinionGermanyHISTORY / United States / 20th CenturybisacshAmericanization.Anti-AmericanismPolitics and culturePopular culturePublic opinionHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.303.48/243073/09045Stephan Alexander457493AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787881603321Americanization And Anti-americanism3848972UNINA