Uta G Poiger: 1 book
Jazz, Rock, and Rebels
Cold War Politics and American Culture in a Divided Germany
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2000
In the two decades after World War II, Germans on both sides of the iron curtain fought vehemently over American cultural imports. Uta G. 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...
