Caught by Politics: Hitler Exiles and American Visual Culture

Caught by Politics: Hitler Exiles and American Visual Culture

Most stunningly, David Jenemann, in a book on the presumably ur-alienated intellectual Adorno, makes a compelling case that Adorno's years in America were not a seamless hell, but included a rather productive, and sometimes positive, interaction on his part with American popular culture and mas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Shofar 2009, Vol.27 (4), p.189-191
1. Verfasser: Cotkin, George
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cultural identity
Cultural sustainability
Department stores
Essays
Exile
Interpersonal communication
Jewish culture
Lorre, Peter (1904-64)
Mass media
Politics
Surrealism
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Zusammenfassung:Most stunningly, David Jenemann, in a book on the presumably ur-alienated intellectual Adorno, makes a compelling case that Adorno's years in America were not a seamless hell, but included a rather productive, and sometimes positive, interaction on his part with American popular culture and mass communication! [...] it appears that the more study that is directed at exiles from Hitler, the less assured are the conclusions to be drawn.
ISSN:0882-8539
1534-5165
1534-5165
DOI:10.1353/sho.0.0398