American Culture in Europe

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

AvThomas Cushman,Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos,Victor Roudometof,Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos,Victor Roudometof

1 289 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

These essays examine the proliferation of American culture in Europe. Throughout the collection, the authors raise the issue of the degree to which Europe becomes Americanized. They examine in concrete detail the way this process operates with reference to specific research areas such as advertising, consumerism, science, law, and politics.Most of the essays suggest a great variation in the manner in which American cultural influences are appropriated within specific European countries. Such appropriation is conditioned by the local needs and perceptions as well as the way local elites employ Americanization in order to bolster their own context specific political agendas. This variation suggests that Americanization is a label frequently employed to describe the more multifaceted and complex process of globalization. This collection of essays will be of special interest to students and scholars involved with Cultural Studies, Sociology, and European Studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-10-23
Mått156 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275950514

Tillhör följande kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

MIKE-FRANK G. EPITROPOULOS is a Teaching Fellow and Sociologist at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published and presented numerous papers on tourism and on international trade regimes.VICTOR ROUDOMETOF is a Mary Seeger O'Boyle Postdoctoral Fellow at the Program in Hellenic Studies, Princeton University. His articles on globalization and the sociology of culture have appeared in Journal of Modern Greek Studies and Comparative Civilizations Review.

PrefaceIntroductionAmerica/Europe, Fragile Objects of Discourse by Mike-Frank Epitropoulos and Victor RoudometofThe U.S. Center of World Science and Emulating Centers: Japan and Western Europe by Thomas Schott, Jun Kanamitsu, and James F. LutherPeripheries in World Science: Latin America and Eastern Europe by Thomas Schott, et al.The Specter of Amerikanisierung, 1840-1990 by Peter BergmannThe Colonization of the Russian Political and Legal System by David LempertYouth Culture and Lifestyle in Modern Greece by Mike-Frank Epitropoulos and Victor RoudometofAfrican-American Images in German Advertising, 1987-1992: The Uses of Imagined Diversity by Steve FoxChoosing Exile: Richard Wright, The Existentialists, and Cultural Exchange by Greg RobinsonThe Space Between the Boundaries: Globalization and Americanization by Victor Roudometof and Roland RobertsonIndex