{"product_id":"americanization-and-anti-americanism-the-german-encounter-with-american-culture-after-1945-9781571816733","title":"Americanization and Anti-americanism: The German","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This is a great book. Instead of simplifying the topic or getting lost in details, it presents a logical structure and a strong argument nuanced by local peculiarities… At best, an edited volume turns its reader overnight into an international expert in the field. Stephan's volume on the Americanization of as well as anti-Americanism in Europe since World War Two is such a book.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  H-Net\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“In many respects, all of the essays in this collection are individual gems…The various pieces contribute to a clearer understanding of the interactions between American culture and anti-Americanism in a European context. They also highlight the key roles played by the Vietnam War and Hollywood in both the acceptance and the rejection of American culture. Overall, this study is a very welcome addition to the literature on the American role in the wider process of globalization.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  European History Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Alexander Stephan’s well-edited collection of 15 essays dealing with anti-Americanism in a country where the U.S.’s standing was once high and has now dropped so sharply is indeed timely. The book may be helpful as well in searching for explanations of anti-Americanism in other countries, because it deals with so many aspects of this phenomenon, ranging from the political to the cultural.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  German Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlexander Stephan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THE POLITICS OF CULTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Anti-Americanism and Americanization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRussell Berman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Counter-Americanism and Critical Currents in West German Reconstruction 1945-1960: The German Lesson Confronts the American Way of Life\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMichael Ermarth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Saigon, Nuremberg, and the West: German Images of America in the Late 1960s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBernd Greiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: POPULAR CULTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Resisting Boogie-Woogie Culture, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art: German Highbrow Objections to the Import of \"American\" Forms of Culture, 1945-1965\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJost Hermand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e From Nightmare to Model? Why German Broadcasting Became Americanized\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKaspar Maase\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Learning from America: Reconstructing \"Race\" in Postwar Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHeide Fehrenbach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: FILM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Cinematic Americanization of the Holocaust in Germany: Whose Memory Is It?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid Bathrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/b\u003eAnti-Americanism and the Cold War: On the DEFA Berlin Films\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSabine Hake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e German Cinema Face to Face with Hollywood: Looking into a Two-Way Mirror\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eThomas Elsaesser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Double Crossings: The Reciprocal Relationship between American and European Culture in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRichard Pells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Anti-Americanism and Anti-Modernism in Europe: Old and Recent Versions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRob Kroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e California Blue: Americanization as Self-Americanization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eWinfried Fluck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Awkward Relations: American Perspectives on Europe, European Perspectives on America\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eVolker R. Berghahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART V: OUTLOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Crisis or Cooperation? The Transatlantic Relationship at a Watershed\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKarsten D. Voigt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e Germans and Americans: Understanding and Managing Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBowman H. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041426440535,"sku":"9781571816733","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571816733.jpg?v=1750950230","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/americanization-and-anti-americanism-the-german-encounter-with-american-culture-after-1945-9781571816733","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}