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Popular Anti-Icon in American Sports
Av Thomas Weik, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2018
1206 kr
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Amidst the flood of studies on cultural icons as ordering elements of societies and role models, sports icons have been neglected in scholarship despite their significance in the US. Even less attention has been paid to the emergence of popular «anti-icons» who undermine the original sports-hero …
Exercise of Soft Power – U.S. Self-Imaging in International Broadcasting to Iran
Av Yasmin Djabarian, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2019
756 kr
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While imagological works in the field of American Studies have traditionally focused on the construction of America by outsiders, this study takes a new approach by examining U.S. self-imaging efforts in the context of U.S. international broadcasting to Iran. The author traces the history of the …
American Patriotism and Corporate Identity in Automobile Advertising
«What’s Good for General Motors Is Good for the Country and Vice Versa?»
Av Markus Weik, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2019
1037 kr
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The triumphal march of the automobile and its connection with American culture have often been acknowledged in scholarship. By contrast, the culture-specific, value-oriented advertising strategies of the most important US carmaker General Motors (GM) in its home market have received less attention, …
Revisiting Walt Whitman
On the Occasion of his 200th Birthday
Inbunden, 2019
1168 kr
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The collection of essays explores the transnational and intermedial (music, visual arts, digital media) legacy of Walt Whitman. It provides examples of his influence as well as suggestive parallels in contemporary poetry and thought. One common concern is the question of Whitman’s understanding of …
Appropriating Thomas Jefferson, 1929-1945
We Are All Jeffersonians Now
Av Caroline Heller, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2019
1168 kr
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This study counters the view that Franklin D. Roosevelt hegemonically exalted Thomas Jefferson to iconic dominance during the Great Depression. It analyzes the diversity of those who appropriated Jefferson to find answers to the socio-economic crisis and modern industrial capitalism. This discourse …
Horses of Cormac McCarthy’s «All the Pretty Horses»: Rides and Rites of Passage
Av Vanessa Keiper, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2021
816 kr
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The horses in All the Pretty Horses are ubiquitous but rarely the center of attention. Their depiction is surprisingly authentic and without anthropomorphization. This book illustrates how an equicentric reading offers new insights into the novel’s spaces, characters, and relationships. It features …
Atheism and Theism in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
«Heavens of Invention»
Av Daniel Scott, Winfried Herget
Inbunden, 2023
860 kr
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The beginning of the 21st century saw the rise of "New" Atheism and a resulting conflict with Theists – at the same time as the resurgence of fantasy in popular culture. This volume analyses the impact of Theist and Atheist thought on the narratology of four highly popular works of contemporary …
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Americans on the Rhine. A Selection of Travel Accounts
Av Holger Lamm, Winfried Herget m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
272 kr
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Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Americans - along with their British cousins - began to include the Rhine and its famed scenery in their continental grand tour. Whereas English travelers and travel impressions are quite well remembered, the American contribution to the first century of …
Alternative Mexiko
Untersuchungen Zu Mexikobildern in Der Us-Amerikanischen Kulturkritik Zwischen 1920 Und 1933
Av Stefanie Bauer, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 2002
807 kr
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In «Alternative Mexiko» wird die Funktionalisierung nationaler Fremdbilder anhand exemplarischer US-amerikanischer Texte über Mexiko und die in ihnen angewandten Repräsentationsstrategien im Hinblick auf die jeweiligen Subtexte analysiert. Die Untersuchung demonstriert, in welcher Art und Weise die …
Elemente Juedischer Tradition Im Werk Woody Allens
Av Thomas Kinne, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 1996
1244 kr
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«Jüdischkeit» - wie drückt sich die Beziehung eines Autors zu einer religiösen und kulturellen Gemeinschaft in dessen Werk aus? Am Beispiel des bekannten jüdisch-amerikanischen Schriftstellers und Filmemachers Woody Allen versucht der Autor, diese Frage zu erörtern. Welche philosophischen …
«Poets and Great Audiences»
Amerikanische Dichtung in Anthologien, 1745-1950
Av Daniel Göske, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 2005
1188 kr
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Pleasing to the «I»
The Culture of Personality and Its Representations in Theodore Dreiser and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Häftad, 2006
1116 kr
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This book discusses how Theodore Dreiser and F. Scott Fitzgerald alongside other novelists enforced in their usage and interpretation of the term «personality» a newly emerging vision of self in American society. This vision was other-directed: many Americans meant to impress their social …
Die «Westliche Post»und Der Erste Weltkrieg
Eine Deutschsprachige Zeitung in Den USA Zwischen «Vaterland» Und «Adoptivvaterland»
Av Ingeborg Gundlach, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 2004
727 kr
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Framing and Reframing the Ladies
Viewing Attitudes in "The Portrait of a Lady" and Its Cinematic Counterpart
Av Heike Fahrenberg, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 2010
824 kr
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Striving to leave fidelity-criticism behind, this comparative analysis treats Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady and its cinematic counterpart by Jane Campion as complementary versions of Isabel’s story. The graphic integration of stills functioning as visual evidence emphasizes the dialogic quality …
Bedingte Ordnungen
Repreasentationen Von Chaos Und Ordnung Bei Walt Whitman, 1840-1860
Av Elisabeth Hecker-Bretschneider, Winfried Herget
Häftad, 2009
1110 kr
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Bedingte Ordnungen zeigt am Beispiel des amerikanischen Dichters Walt Whitman (1819-1892), wie in den Vereinigten Staaten vor Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs um die Bedeutung und Wertung der Begriffe ‘Chaos’ und ‘Ordnung’ gerungen wurde. Durch Rückgriff auf sprach- und kulturwissenschaftliche Methoden …
