Americanization and anti-Americanism : the German encounter with American culture after 1945

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Americanization and anti-Americanism : the German encounter with American culture after 1945

edited by Alexander Stephan

Berghahn Books, 2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-275) and index

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内容説明

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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Acknowledgements Introduction Alexander Stephan PART I: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE Chapter 1. Anti-Americanism and Americanization Russell Berman Chapter 2. Counter-Americanism and Critical Currents in West German Reconstruction 1945-1960: The German Lesson Confronts the American Way of Life Michael Ermarth Chapter 3. Saigon, Nuremberg, and the West: German Images of America in the Late 1960s Bernd Greiner PART II: POPULAR CULTURE Chapter 4. Resisting Boogie-Woogie Culture, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art: German Highbrow Objections to the Import of "American" Forms of Culture, 1945-1965 Jost Hermand Chapter 5. From Nightmare to Model? Why German Broadcasting Became Americanized Kaspar Maase Chapter 6. Learning from America: Reconstructing "Race" in Postwar Germany Heide Fehrenbach PART III: FILM Chapter 7. Cinematic Americanization of the Holocaust in Germany: Whose Memory Is It? David Bathrick Chapter 8. Anti-Americanism and the Cold War: On the DEFA Berlin Films Sabine Hake Chapter 9. German Cinema Face to Face with Hollywood: Looking into a Two-Way Mirror Thomas Elsaesser PART IV: EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 10. Double Crossings: The Reciprocal Relationship between American and European Culture in the Twentieth Century Richard Pells Chapter 11. Anti-Americanism and Anti-Modernism in Europe: Old and Recent Versions Rob Kroes Chapter 12. California Blue: Americanization as Self-Americanization Winfried Fluck Chapter 13. Awkward Relations: American Perspectives on Europe, European Perspectives on America Volker R. Berghahn PART V: OUTLOOK Chapter 14. Crisis or Cooperation? The Transatlantic Relationship at a Watershed Karsten D. Voigt Chapter 15. Germans and Americans: Understanding and Managing Change Bowman H. Miller Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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