UID:
almafu_9960962625902883
Format:
1 online resource (317 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-8394-2273-6
Series Statement:
American Culture Studies 5
Content:
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 of African American culture for (West) German society, culture, and national identity.
Content:
»[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 American Historical Review, 6 (2014), Timothy L. Schroer
Note:
Based on author's doctoral thesis, Bremen University, 2011.
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1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 1 Introduction 9 2 (African) Americanizing Germany 29 3 African American Culture in (Postwar) Germany 51 4 Transatlantic Political Protests and Countercultures: Angela Davis 101 5 Visions of (Global) Sisterhood and Black Solidarity: Audre Lorde 157 6 Transatlantic Travels via Celluloid and the Literary Circuit: Alice Walker and Toni Morrison 211 7 Conclusion 271 Works Cited 281
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-8376-2273-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-99702-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.14361/transcript.9783839422731
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