Americanization And Anti-americanism : The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945
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| Autore: |
Stephan Alexander
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| Titolo: |
Americanization And Anti-americanism : The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/243073/09045 |
| 303.4824307309045 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Americanization |
| Anti-Americanism - Germany | |
| Politics and culture - Germany | |
| Popular culture - Germany | |
| Public opinion - Germany | |
| HISTORY / United States / 20th Century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 di |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Americanization And Anti-americanism |
| ISBN: | 0-85745-680-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815423803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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