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In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports. This title traces how westerns, jeans, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and stars like Marlon Brando or Elvis Presley reached adolescents in both Germanies, who eagerly adopted the different styles.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

1. AMERICAN CULTURE IN EAST AND WEST GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION

2. THE WILD ONES: THE 1956 YOUTH RIOTS AND GERMAN MASCULINITY

3· LONELY CROWDS AND SKEPTICAL GENERATIONS: DEPOLITICIZING AND REPOLITICIZING
CULTURAL CONSUMPTION

4· JAZZ AND GERMAN RESPECTABILITY

5· PRESLEY, YES-ULBRICHT, NO? ROCK 1N 1 ROLL AND FEMALE SEXUALITY IN THE
GERMAN COLD WAR

EPILOGUE: BUILDING WALLS

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Jazz Rock Rebels Cold War Politics American

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/03/2000
      ISBN13: 9780520211391, 978-0520211391
      ISBN10: 0520211391

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports. This title traces how westerns, jeans, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and stars like Marlon Brando or Elvis Presley reached adolescents in both Germanies, who eagerly adopted the different styles.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures
      Acknowledgments
      List of Abbreviations

      INTRODUCTION

      1. AMERICAN CULTURE IN EAST AND WEST GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION

      2. THE WILD ONES: THE 1956 YOUTH RIOTS AND GERMAN MASCULINITY

      3· LONELY CROWDS AND SKEPTICAL GENERATIONS: DEPOLITICIZING AND REPOLITICIZING
      CULTURAL CONSUMPTION

      4· JAZZ AND GERMAN RESPECTABILITY

      5· PRESLEY, YES-ULBRICHT, NO? ROCK 1N 1 ROLL AND FEMALE SEXUALITY IN THE
      GERMAN COLD WAR

      EPILOGUE: BUILDING WALLS

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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