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Explores the re-negotiation of race by Germans and African American GIs in post-World War II Germany. This title reveals how anxiety about interracial relationships between African American men and German women united white American soldiers and the German populace. It traces the importation and influence of African American jazz music in Germany.

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Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on Translation Chapter 1: Germans, Blacks, and Race through 1945 Chapter 2: Blackness and German Whiteness through American Eyes Chapter 3: 'Bad Girls' and 'Boys Who Never Had It so Good': Sex and Race in American-Occupied Germany Chapter 4: Frauleins and Black GIs: Race, Sex, and Power Chapter 5: Black Music and German Culture Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Recasting Race after World War II

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      Publisher: University Press of Colorado
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780870818691, 978-0870818691
      ISBN10: 0870818694
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the re-negotiation of race by Germans and African American GIs in post-World War II Germany. This title reveals how anxiety about interracial relationships between African American men and German women united white American soldiers and the German populace. It traces the importation and influence of African American jazz music in Germany.

      Table of Contents
      Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on Translation Chapter 1: Germans, Blacks, and Race through 1945 Chapter 2: Blackness and German Whiteness through American Eyes Chapter 3: 'Bad Girls' and 'Boys Who Never Had It so Good': Sex and Race in American-Occupied Germany Chapter 4: Frauleins and Black GIs: Race, Sex, and Power Chapter 5: Black Music and German Culture Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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