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Transatlantic Cultural Exchange
Katharina Gerund
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Description for Transatlantic Cultural Exchange
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as »mother« of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women's art and activism throughout the 20th century. The discursive strategies that have shaped the (West) German reactions to African American women's social activism and cultural work are examined in this study, which proposes not only a nuanced understanding of »African Americanizations« as a form of cultural exchange but also sheds new light on the role ... Read more
From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as »mother« of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women's art and activism throughout the 20th century. The discursive strategies that have shaped the (West) German reactions to African American women's social activism and cultural work are examined in this study, which proposes not only a nuanced understanding of »African Americanizations« as a form of cultural exchange but also sheds new light on the role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837622737
SKU
V9783837622737
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About Katharina Gerund
Katharina Gerund (Dr. phil.) teaches American studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Her research interests include transatlantic cultural mobility, popular culture as well as gender and critical race studies. Current projects focus on the U.S. re-education policies of the postwar years and the figure of the military spouse in the cultural imaginary of the U.S..
Reviews for Transatlantic Cultural Exchange
»[The book] offers a theoretically and methodologically innovative model for future scholarship. It merits a wide readership.« Brian Van Wyck, H-Net Reviews, 3 (2014) »Insgesamt hat Katharina Gerund eine überzeugende Studie vorgelegt, mit der sie ein wichtiges und oftmals beiseitegeschobenes Kapitel der bundesdeutschen Kulturgeschichte ausleuchtet.« Olaf Stieglitz, Neue Politische Literatur, 58 (2013) Reviewed in: www.caar-web.org, 7, Stella Bolaki ... Read more