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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerund, Katharina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2013]
Series:American Studies ; volume 5.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.