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Kazaaam! splat! ploof! : the American impact on European popular culture since 1945 / edited by Sabrina P. Ramet and Gordana P. Crnković.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic attitudes--Europe.
- Ethnic attitudes.
- Popular culture--Europe--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- National characteristics, European.
- National characteristics, American.
- History.
- Europe--Civilization--American influences.
- Europe.
- Civilization.
- United States--Relations--Europe.
- United States.
- Relations.
- Europe--Relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 Americanization, Anti-Americanism, and Commercial Aggression against Culture: An Introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet 3
- 2 "American" Utility vs. "Useless" Reflection: On Possible Futures on Both Sides of the Atlantic / Gordana P. Crnkovic 9
- Part 2 Western Europe
- 3 Does Mickey Mouse Threaten French Culture? The French Debate about EuroDisneyland / Marianne Debouzy 15
- 4 Culture versus Commerce: Europe Strives to Keep Hollywood at Bay / C. Anthony Giffard 37
- 5 Fear and Fascination: American Popular Culture in a Divided Germany, 1945-1968 / Uta G. Poiger 55
- 6 The Pendulum of Cultural Imperialism: Popular Music Interchanges between the United States and Britain, 1943-1967 / Laura E. Cooper, B. Lee Cooper 69
- 7 The Coca-Cola Co. and the Olympic Movement
- Global or American? / Steinar Bryn 83
- 8 The Impact of the American Myth in Postwar Italian Literature: Modernization, Postmodernity, or Homologation? / Giulia Guarnieri 102
- 9 American Missionaries to "Darkest" Europe / Rodney Stark 112
- Part 3 Eastern Europe
- 10 Appropriation of the American Gangster Film and the Transition to Capitalism: Poland's Dogs and Russia's Brother / Herbert J. Eagle 127
- 11 Two Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue: Hungarian Assessments of American Popular Culture / Beverly James 148
- 12 Have a Nice Day: From the Balkan War to the American Dream and the Things That Shape the Way We See Each Other / Gordana P. Crnkovic 158
- 13 Shake, Rattle, and Self-Management: Rock Music and Politics in Socialist Yugoslavia, and After / Sabrina P. Ramet 173
- 14 UFOs over Russia and Eastern Europe / Sabrina P. Ramet 198
- 15 Emigre-zation: Russian Artists and American Children's Picture Books / Beth Holmgren 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0742500004
- 0742500012
- OCLC:
- 50560813
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