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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.) is coordinator of the interdisciplinary doctoral program »Presence and Tacit Knowledge« at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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) Reviewed in: www.caar-web.org, 7, Stella Bolaki American Historical Review, 6 (2014), Timothy L. Schroer