{"product_id":"kazaaam-splat-ploof-9780742500013","title":"Kazaaam Splat Ploof","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores American influences not only on European television, fashions, fast food, and rock music, but also on youth organizations, literature, UFO culture, and religious faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReplete with astonishingly eloquent views on a diverse range of subjects, including religion, UFO-fixation and youth rebellion among others, this book makes compelling reading and provides a provocative platform for further discussions. -- Akinbola E. Akinwumi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria * Discourse \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Western Europe Chapter 3 Does Mickey Mouse threaten French Culture?  The French Debate about EuroDisneyland Chapter 4 Culture vs. Commerce:  Europe Strives to Keep Hollywood at Bay Chapter 5 Fear and Fascination:  American Popular Culture in a Divided Germany, 1945-1968 Chapter 6 The Pendulum of Cultural Imperialism:  Popular Music Interchanges between the United States and Britain, 1943-1967 Chapter 7 Coca-Cola Co. and the Olympic Movement-Global or American? Chapter 8 The Impact of the American Myth among Post-War Italian Intellectuals: Modernization, post-modernity, or homologation? Chapter 9 American Missionaries to Darkest Europe Part 10 Part II: Eastern Europe Chapter 11 Appropriation of the American Gangster Film and the Transition to Capitalism: Poland's Dogs and Russia's Brother Chapter 12 Two cheers for the red, white, and blue:  Hungarian Assessments of American Popular Culture Chapter 13 Have a Nice Day: From the Balkan War to the American Dream, and the Things that Shape the Way We See Each Other Chapter 14 Shake, Rattle, and Self-Management: Making the Scene in Socialist Yugoslavia, and After Chapter 15 UFOs over Russia and Eastern Europe Chapter 16 Émigré-zation: Russian Artists and American Children's Picture Books Chapter 17 Afterword","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037560832343,"sku":"9780742500013","price":43.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742500013.jpg?v=1750936261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kazaaam-splat-ploof-9780742500013","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}