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Cold War Rivalry and the Perception of the American West

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Pawel Goral

    1. Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series (PMSTH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Karl May Westerns and the Conquest of the American West

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    Pages 10-33

  4. Indianerfilme and the Conquest of the American West

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    Pages 34-58

  5. German Westerns: Popularity, Reception, Heroines, Miscegenation, Race, and Landscape

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    Pages 59-85

  6. German Indian Heroes and Intercultural Transfer

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    Pages 86-105

  7. The Quest for National Identity

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    Pages 106-137

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 138-141

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 142-185
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About this book

This book demonstrates how the two adversaries of the Cold War, West Germany and East Germany, endeavored to create two distinct and unique German identities. In their endeavor to claim legitimacy, the German cinematic representation of the American West became an important cultural weapon of mass dissemination during the Cold War.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

    Pawel Goral

About the author

Pawel Goral is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

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