Recent tensions between the U.S. and Europe seem to have opened up
an insuperable rift, while Americanization, deplored by some,
welcomed by others, seems to progress unabated. This volume
explores, for the first time and in a comparative manner, the role
American culture and anti-Americanism play in eleven representative
European countries, including major powers like Great Britain,
France, (West) Germany, Russia/Soviet Union, and Italy as well as
smaller countries like Austria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Sweden, and
Poland. Each contributor to the volume, all of them highly
respected experts in their field, was asked to address the
following four topics: the role of American public diplomacy, the
transfer of American "high culture," the impact of "popular
culture" ranging from Hollywood movies and TV to pop music and
life-style issues, and the country specific features and history of
anti-Americanism. The volume is enhanced by a substantial
introduction by the editor, which looks both at the general
"culture clash" between the United States and Europe and at
adaptations and blending processes that seem to have occurred in
individual countries. Alexander Stephan is Professor of German,
Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for
the Study of International Security and Public Policy at Ohio State
University, where he directs a project on American culture and
anti-Americanism in Europe and the world.
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