Americanization And Anti-americanism : The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephan, Alexander.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americanization.

Anti-Americanism--Germany.

Anti-Americanism.

Politics and culture--Germany.

Politics and culture.

Popular culture--Germany.

Popular culture.

Public opinion--Germany.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857456809

0857456806

OCLC:

994873608