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The Many Faces of Germany

Walter Grûnzweig editor John A McCarthy editor Thomas Koebner editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Published:1st Apr '04

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With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the U.S. have come under review. Although seemingly disconnected from the cultural and intellectual world, political developments were not without their influence on the humanities and their curricula during the past century. In retrospect, we can speak of the many different roles Germany has played in American eyes. The Many Faces of Germany seeks to acknowledge the importance of those incarnations for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. One of the major questions raised by the contributors is whether the transformations in the transatlantic dynamics and in the importance of Germany for the U.S. have had a major influence on the study of things German in the U.S. internally. The volume gathers together leading voices of the older and younger generations of social historians, literary scholars, film critics, and cultural historians.

“…offers a number of perceptive and enlightening short essays.”  · German Studies Review

ISBN: 9781571810342

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 699g

304 pages