Second Culture, Good Vibrations, and Writings on the Wall: Hip-Hop in the GDR as a Case of Afro-Americanophilia

This essay examines Afro-Americanophilia in the German Democratic Republic by analyzing the cultural transfer of hip-hop between 1983 and 1990. It argues that the individuals who participated in this transfer from the United States into East Germany shared an appreciation of African Americans and B...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leonard Schmieding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2015-09-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/4397