Description: Further DetailsTitle: Transactions, Transgressions, TransformationCondition: NewSubtitle: American Culture in Western Europe and JapanISBN-10: 1571811079EAN: 9781571811073ISBN: 9781571811073Publisher: Berghahn Books, IncorporatedFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/01/1999Description: American culture has been one of the most controversial exports of the United States: greeted with enthusiasm by some, with hostility by others. Yet, few societies escape its influence. However, not all changes should be interpreted simply as "Americanization." The shaping of the postwar world has been much more complex than this term implies as is shown in this volume that explores the links between Americanization and modernity in Western Europe and Japan. In considering the impact of products and images ranging from movies and music to fashion and architecture, a multi-disciplinary group of contributors asks how American culture has been employed internationally in the articulation of postwar identities - be they national or subnational,socially sanctioned or socially transgressive. Their essays on France, Italy, Germany and Japan move beyond the simple paradigms of colonization and democratic modernization, yet retain a sensitivity to the asymmetries in the postwar power relationships between these countries and the United States. An extensive introduction historically locates changing interpretations of American influences abroad and suggests the problems and promises of "Americanization" as an analytical tool. Its comparative focus and interdisciplinary scope will appeal to a wide range of students and scholars of cold war and post-cold war history.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 522gContributor: Heide Fehrenbach (Edited by), Uta G. Poiger (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, History, Law & PoliticsAuthor: Heide FehrenbachRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Transactions, Transgressions, Transformation
Title: Transactions, Transgressions, Transformation
Subtitle: American Culture in Western Europe and Japan
ISBN-10: 1571811079
EAN: 9781571811073
ISBN: 9781571811073
Release Date: 12/01/1999
Release Year: 1999
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Uta G. Poiger (Edited by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Transactions, Transgressions, Transformation : American Culture in Western Europe and Japan
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Subject: Civilization, Europe / Germany, Asia / Japan, Modern / 20th Century, Popular Culture
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Author: Uta G. Poiger
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
