Kazaaam! splat! ploof! : the American impact on European popular culture since 1945 by Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-; Crnkovic, Gordana P., 1963- instant download

Kazaaam! splat! ploof! : the American impact on European popular culture since 1945 by Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-; Crnkovic, Gordana P., 1963- instant download

vii, 264 pages : 24 cm, Observing European debates about EuroDisney, McDonald's, Hollywood films and television programmes, and other vehicles of alleged 'Americanization', one might imagine that Europe was in serious risk of losing its distinct cultural identity in the melting pot of American pop culture, Includes bibliographical references and indexes, Americanization, anti-Americanism, and commercial aggression against culture : an introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet -- \"American\" utility vs. \"useless\" reflection : on possible futures on both sides of the Atlantic / Gordana P. Crnkovic -- Does Mickey Mouse threaten French culture? The French debate about EuroDisneyland / Marianne Debouzy -- Culture versus commerce : Europe strives to keep Hollywood at bay / C. Anthony Giffard -- Fear and fascination : American popular culture in a divided Germany, 1945-1968 / Uta G. Poiger -- The pendulum of cultural imperialism : popular music interchanges between the United States and Britain, 1943-1967 / Laura E. Cooper, B. Lee Cooper -- The Coca-Cola Co. and the Olympic movement : global or American? / Steinar Bryn -- The impact of the American myth in postwar Italian literature : modernization, postmodernity, or homologation? / Giulia Guarnieri -- American missionaries to \"darkest\" Europe / Rodney Stark -- Appropriation of the American gangster film and the transition to capitalism : Poland's Dogs and Russia's Brother / Herbert J. Eagle -- Two cheers for the red, white, and blue : Hungarian assessments of American popular culture / 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 / Gordana P. Crnkovic -- Shake, rattle, and self-management : rock music and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, and after / Sabrina P. Ramet -- UFOs over Russia and Eastern Europe / Sabrina P. Ramet -- Emigre-zation : Russian artists and American children's picture books / Beth Holmgren -- Afterword / Uta G. Poiger