Americanization and Anti-americanism
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Americanization and Anti-americanism

The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945

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  2. English
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eBook - PDF

Americanization and Anti-americanism

The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945

About this book

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. Drawing on examples from history, culture studies, film, radio, and the arts, the authors explore the political and cultural parameters of Americanization and anti-Americanism, as reflected in the reception and rejection of American popular culture and, more generally, in European-American relations in the "American Century."

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Information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9781845454876, 9781571816733
eBook ISBN
9780857456809
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
German History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Americanization and Anti-Americanism
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  4. PART 1: POLITICS OF CULTURE
  5. ANTI-AMERICANISM AND AMERICANIZATION
  6. COUNTER-AMERICANISM AND CRITICAL CURRENTS IN WEST GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION 1945-1960
  7. SAIGON, NUREMBERG, AND THE WEST
  8. PART 2: POPULAR CULTURE
  9. RESISTING BOOGIE-WOOGIE CULTURE, ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, AND POP ART
  10. FROM NIGHTMARE TO MODEL?
  11. LEARNING FROM AMERICA
  12. PART 3: FILM
  13. CINEMATIC AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST IN GERMANY
  14. ANTI-AMERICANISM AND THE COLD WAR
  15. GERMAN CINEMA FACE TO FACE WITH HOLLYWOOD
  16. PART 4. EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
  17. DOUBLE CROSSINGS
  18. ANTI-AMERICANISM AND ANTI-MODERNISM IN EUROPE
  19. CALIFORNIA BLUE
  20. AWKWARD RELATIONS
  21. PART 5: OUTLOOK
  22. CRISIS OR COOPERATION?
  23. GERMANS AND AMERICANS
  24. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE PERIOD 1945 TO THE PRESENT
  25. CONTRIBUTORS
  26. INDEX