Theaters of occupation : Hollywood and the reeducation of postwar Germany / Jennifer Fay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fay, Jennifer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Germany--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures, American--Germany--History.

Motion pictures, American.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a rigorous analysis of the American occupation of postwar Germany and the military's use of "soft power," Jennifer Fay considers how Hollywood films, including Ninotchka, Gaslight, and Stagecoach, influenced German culture and cinema. Theaters of Occupation reveals how Germans responded to these education efforts and offers new insights about American exceptionalism and virtual democracy at the dawn of the cold war.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Theaters of Occupation; 1. Germany Is a Boy in Trouble; 2. Hollywood's Democratic Unconscious; 3. Garbo Laughs and Germans Eat; 4. That's Jazz Made in Germany; 5. A Gothic Occupation; Epilogue: Berlin, Fifty Years Later; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5650-9

OCLC:

476167492