Adolf Hitler in American Culture : National Identity and the Totalitarian Other.
Hirt, Stefan.
Adolf Hitler in American Culture : National Identity and the Totalitarian Other. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (652 pages) - Beiträge Zur Englischen und Amerikanischen Literatur Series ; v.32 . - Beiträge Zur Englischen und Amerikanischen Literatur Series .
Intro -- Adolf Hitler in American Culture -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Nazi Propaganda -- III. Discursive Frameworks -- Theoretical Framework: Identity, Ideology, and Cultural Memory -- American Identity and its Other -- The Crisis of the 1930s -- The Image of Germany Prior to 1933 -- IV. Hitler and Nazism During the War -- The Early Journalistic Response -- The Early Pop-Cultural Response to Hitler and Nazism -- Hitler and Nazism in Film -- Central Aspects of Cinematic Wartime Representations -- Why We Fight and Once Upon a Honeymoon: The Geopolitical Imagination -- Hitler in Wartime Cinema -- Hitler Comedies and the Theme of Impersonation -- The New World Order -- V. The Cultural Memory of World War II -- The American Memory of the War -- Hitler during the Early Cold War -- The Last Days of Hitler -- The Image of Hitler and Nazism in the 1950s -- The "Return" of Hitler and the Sadistic Nazi -- VI. Hitler and Nazism in the Postwar Popular Culture -- Adolf Hitler as a Pop-Cultural Trope: The Symbol of Evil -- The Symbol of Evil in the 1950s and Early 1960s -- Playful Approaches to the Symbol of Evil: Hitler Comedies -- VII. Hitler Wave and Fascinating Fascism -- Identity Crisis and the Hitler Wave -- Fascinating Fascism -- Running Dog -- Other Crisis Symptoms: The Dirty War Film -- VIII. The Symbol of Evil in the 1970s -- Holocaust -- Trauma and Power -- The Sexualized Symbol of Evil -- Nazi Thrillers -- The Passage -- Star Wars -- IX. Hitler in the 1980s -- The Big Red One -- The Winds of War and War and Remembrance -- X. The Icon of Power -- Cultural Memory after the Cold War -- The Icon of Power -- White Noise -- The Icon of Power in Documentaries -- Hitler: The Rise of Evil -- XI. Hitler As a Pop-Icon -- Hitler As a Pop Icon -- The Origins of the Pop-Icon -- The Pop-Icon on TV and in Film -- Inglourious Basterds -- XII. Conclusion. XIII. Bibliography -- XIV. Filmography -- Index.
9783657777198
Electronic books.
PS169.N35 .H578 2013
Adolf Hitler in American Culture : National Identity and the Totalitarian Other. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (652 pages) - Beiträge Zur Englischen und Amerikanischen Literatur Series ; v.32 . - Beiträge Zur Englischen und Amerikanischen Literatur Series .
Intro -- Adolf Hitler in American Culture -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Nazi Propaganda -- III. Discursive Frameworks -- Theoretical Framework: Identity, Ideology, and Cultural Memory -- American Identity and its Other -- The Crisis of the 1930s -- The Image of Germany Prior to 1933 -- IV. Hitler and Nazism During the War -- The Early Journalistic Response -- The Early Pop-Cultural Response to Hitler and Nazism -- Hitler and Nazism in Film -- Central Aspects of Cinematic Wartime Representations -- Why We Fight and Once Upon a Honeymoon: The Geopolitical Imagination -- Hitler in Wartime Cinema -- Hitler Comedies and the Theme of Impersonation -- The New World Order -- V. The Cultural Memory of World War II -- The American Memory of the War -- Hitler during the Early Cold War -- The Last Days of Hitler -- The Image of Hitler and Nazism in the 1950s -- The "Return" of Hitler and the Sadistic Nazi -- VI. Hitler and Nazism in the Postwar Popular Culture -- Adolf Hitler as a Pop-Cultural Trope: The Symbol of Evil -- The Symbol of Evil in the 1950s and Early 1960s -- Playful Approaches to the Symbol of Evil: Hitler Comedies -- VII. Hitler Wave and Fascinating Fascism -- Identity Crisis and the Hitler Wave -- Fascinating Fascism -- Running Dog -- Other Crisis Symptoms: The Dirty War Film -- VIII. The Symbol of Evil in the 1970s -- Holocaust -- Trauma and Power -- The Sexualized Symbol of Evil -- Nazi Thrillers -- The Passage -- Star Wars -- IX. Hitler in the 1980s -- The Big Red One -- The Winds of War and War and Remembrance -- X. The Icon of Power -- Cultural Memory after the Cold War -- The Icon of Power -- White Noise -- The Icon of Power in Documentaries -- Hitler: The Rise of Evil -- XI. Hitler As a Pop-Icon -- Hitler As a Pop Icon -- The Origins of the Pop-Icon -- The Pop-Icon on TV and in Film -- Inglourious Basterds -- XII. Conclusion. XIII. Bibliography -- XIV. Filmography -- Index.
9783657777198
Electronic books.
PS169.N35 .H578 2013