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The American Impact on European Popular Culture since 1945
by Gordana Crnkovic, Steinar Bryn, B. Lee Cooper
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Observing European debates about EuroDisney, McDonald's, Hollywood films and television programs, and other vehicles of alleged 'Americanization, ' one might imagine that Europe was in serious risk of losing its distinct cultural identity in the melting pot of American pop culture. The loaded charge of 'kitsch' is a central aspect of the debate, with Disney stories, for example, branded as simplified travesties of authentic European folk tales.
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