Americanization and Anti-Americanism: The German Encounter with American Culture after 1945 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845454871 ISBN 13: 9781845454876

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2008

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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." Alexander Stephan is Professor of German, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for the Study of International Security and Public Policy at Ohio State University, where he directs a project on American culture and anti-Americanism in Europe and the world.

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Alexander Stephan (1946-2009) was Professor of German, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University, where he directed a project on American culture and anti-Americanism in Europe and the world.

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• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845454871
• ISBN 13: 9781845454876
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Herausgeber: Stephan A
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