The Many Faces of Germany: Transformations in the Study of German Culture and History

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With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of American foreign policy away from "old" Europe, long-established patterns of interaction between Germany and the U.S. have come under review. Although seemingly disconnected from the cultural and intellectual world, political developments were not without their influence on the humanities and their curricula during the past century. In retrospect, we can speak of the many different roles Germany has played in American eyes. The Many Faces of Germany seeks to acknowledge the importance of those incarnations for the study of German culture and history on both sides of the Atlantic. One of the major questions raised by the contributors is whether the transformations in the transatlantic dynamics and in the importance of Germany for the U.S. have had a major influence on the study of things German in the U.S. internally. The volume gathers together leading voices of the older and younger generations of social historians, literary scholars, film critics, and cultural historians. The Many Faces of Germany Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Dialectics of Memory Chapter 1. Das Unvergangene der Geschichte Chapter 2. Totems and Taboos Chapter 3. On the Necessity of Writing Poetry after Auschwitz Chapter 4. Erinnern––Wiederherstellen––Deuten Part Two. Mining History Chapter 5. Jüdische Identität und Antisemitismus im Werk Arthur Schnitzlers Chapter 6. Das Unsichtbare im Film Chapter 7. Hans Schweikart's Das Fräulein von Barnhelm Chapter 8. Das Glück im Kino Chapter 9. Das Literarische Preisauschreiben der American Guild for German Cultural Freedom 1937-1940 Chapter 10. "Nicht auf Schlachtfeldern allein wird der Sieg der Demokratie entschieden" Chapter 11. Brecht Chapter 12. Geschichte(n) von, mit und in populären Liedern Part Three. Bilateral Understanding Chapter 13. The Challenge of American Historiography for Historians of Postwar Germany Chapter 14. The Seven Faces of Germany Chapter 15. Jenseits von Verdammung und Verklärung Chapter 16. "Man kommt immer noch früh genug zu spät" Chapter 17. Bismarck's Great-Grandson Chapter 18. ,,Die Früchte Europas" Chapter 19. Zwischen Gestern und Morgen Chapter 20. Literature and Science Part Four. Closures––Transitions––Openings Chapter 21. The Crisis of the Humanities in the United States Chapter 22. German Studies as an American Project Chapter 23. Der ,,aufhaltsame Aufstieg" der Grünen und die zörgerlich folgende Germanistik Chapter 24. Searching for the Father(land) Chapter 25. New Models of Interdisciplinary German Studies Chapter 26. Goethe and Schiller after Adorno Chapter 27. Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and the Future of German Studies Chapter 28. "the World is Full" Frank Trommler. Appreciations Kleine Epistel an einen fernen nahen Freund Reminiscences of Frank Trommler In Appreciation of Frank Trommler Dank an den Über-Direktor A Tribute to Frank Trommler Frank Trommler—An Appreciation Hail to the (Ex)President Frank Trommler—a Model University Citizen Mediating Culture—a Tribute to Frank Trommler Frank Trommler––Publications Contributors Selected Bibliography Index Пустая страница Пустая страница