Theaters of occupation : Hollywood and the reeducation of postwar Germany

Theaters of occupation : Hollywood and the reeducation of postwar Germany / Jennifer Fay.

In a rigorous analysis of the American occupation of postwar Germany and the military?s use of?soft power,? Jennifer Fay considers how Hollywood films, including Ninotchka, Gaslight, and Stagecoach, influenced German culture and cinema. Theaters of Occupation reveals how Germans responded to these e...

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Main Author: Fay, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1945-1955
Motion pictures > Germany > History.
Motion pictures, American > Germany > History.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures, American
Germany > History > 1945-1955.
Germany
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:In a rigorous analysis of the American occupation of postwar Germany and the military?s use of?soft power,? Jennifer Fay considers how Hollywood films, including Ninotchka, Gaslight, and Stagecoach, influenced German culture and cinema. Theaters of Occupation reveals how Germans responded to these education efforts and offers new insights about American exceptionalism and virtual democracy at the dawn of the cold war.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 228 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-222) and index.
ISBN:9780816656509
0816656509
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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