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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | DeWitt, Petra |
| Title, Analytic | Zwischen Dallas und New York: A West-German's Encounter with the United States before Moving to East Germany |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of the Society for German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2021 |
| Volume ID | 56 |
| Location in Work | 93-110 |
| View Online | View Online |
| Abstract | “Ingrid Deich, an immigrant from West Germany, was a sociology professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla when she suddenly departed the United States in 1979 under mysterious circumstances only to reappear in Leipzig, East Germany that same year. She published her impressions of the university, the city of Rolla, and the country as a whole in Zwischen Dallas und New York: Wie ich die USA erlebte, Notizen eines Aufenthaltes (Between Dallas and New York: How I Experienced the USA, Notes from a Residency) in 1986 while she was a professor at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. . . . Her book is a collection of essays, or reflections on American society, critiquing American society through a socialist lens. Although Deich focused her academic research on industrial sociology, specifically the relationship between universities, national laboratories, and large industrial complexes in West Germany, Zwischen Dallas und New York concentrates on ordinary Americans, their daily lives, the complex relationship between freedom and racial as well as gender limitations, television’s place in America culture, and the role of politics in society. She viewed the country as having missed several opportunities for economic, social, and political improvements despite the recent civil rights and feminist movements. Zwischen Dallas und New York thus provides a rare glimpse into the Amerikabild that a West German developed while living in the United States during the 1970s before defecting to East Germany." |
| Call Number | Digital file |
| MKI Terms | National characteristics, American -- Public opinion, German/ United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 |