Transatlantic Cultural Exchange : : African American Women's Art and Activism in West Germany / / Katharina Gerund.

From Josephine Baker's performances in the 1920s to the 1970s solidarity campaigns for Angela Davis, from Audre Lorde as »mother« of the Afro-German movement in the 1980s to the literary stardom of 1993 Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Germans have actively engaged with African American women'...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]
©2013
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1. Aufl.
Language:English
Series:American Culture Studies ; 5
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Physical Description:1 online resource (316 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 (African) Americanizing Germany
  • 3 African American Culture in (Postwar) Germany
  • 4 Transatlantic Political Protests and Countercultures: Angela Davis
  • 5 Visions of (Global) Sisterhood and Black Solidarity: Audre Lorde
  • 6 Transatlantic Travels via Celluloid and the Literary Circuit: Alice Walker and Toni Morrison
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Works Cited