Description In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports.
Poiger reveals that East and West German authorities deployed gender and racial norms to contain Americanized youth cultures in their own territories and to.
Poiger traces how westerns, jeans, jazz, Rock \'n\' roll, and stars like Marlon Brando or Elvis Presley reached adolescents in both Germanies, who eagerly adopted the new styles.
Uta G.
Description In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports