Kazaaam! Splat! Ploof! The American Impact on European Popular Culture since 1945

, by Crnkovic, Gordana; Bryn, Steinar; Cooper, B Lee; Cooper, Laura E.; Crnkovic, Gordana P.; Debouzy, Marianne; Eagle, Herbert J.; Giffard, C Anthony; Guarnieri, Giulia; Holmgren, Beth; James, Beverly; Poiger, Uta G.; Ramet, Sabrina P.; Stark, Rodney

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ISBN: 9780742500013 | 0742500012
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/29/2003

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Explores American influences not only on European television, fashions, fast food, and rock music, but also on youth organizations, literature, UFO culture, and religious faith.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

Part One: Introduction

Americanization, Anti-Americanism, and Commercial Aggression against Culture: An Introduction

(6)

Sabrina P. Ramet

``American'' Utility vs. ``Useless'' Reflection: On Possible Futures on Both Sides of the Atlantic

(6)

Gordana P. Crnkovic

Part Two: Western Europe

Does Mickey Mouse Threaten French Culture? The French Debate about EuroDisneyland

(22)

Marianne Debouzy

Culture versus Commerce: Europe Strives to Keep Hollywood at Bay

(18)

C. Anthony Giffard

Fear and Fascination: American Popular Culture in a Divided Germany, 1945--1968

(14)

Uta G. Poiger

The Pendulum of Cultural Imperialism: Popular Music Interchanges between the United States and Britain, 1943--1967

(14)

Laura E. Cooper

B. Lee Cooper

The Coca-Cola Co. and the Olympic Movement---Global or American?

(19)

Steinar Bryn

The Impact of the American Myth in Postwar Italian Literature: Modernization, Postmodernity, or Homologation?

102

(10)

Giulia Guarnieri

American Missionaries to ``Darkest'' Europe

112

(15)

Rodney Stark

Part Three: Eastern Europe

Appropriation of the American Gangster Film and the Transition to Capitalism: Poland's Dogs and Russia's Brother

127

(21)

Herbert J. Eagle

Two Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue: Hungarian Assessments of American Popular Culture

148

(10)

Beverly James

Have a Nice Day: From the Balkan War to the American Dream and the Things That Shape the Way We See Each Other

158

(15)

Gordana P. Crnkovic

Shake, Rattle, and Self-Management: Rock Music and Politics in Socialist Yugoslavia, and After

173

(25)

Sabrina P. Ramet

UFOs over Russia and Eastern Europe

198

(21)

Sabrina P. Ramet

Emigre-zation: Russian Artists and American Children's Picture Books

219

(16)

Beth Holmgren

Afterword

235

(9)

Uta G. Poiger

Names Index

244

(5)

Subject Index

249

(12)

About the Editors and Contributors

261

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Kazaaam! Splat! Ploof! The American Impact on European Popular Culture since 1945

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