Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
German, Wild West, Cold War, national identity
College
Humanities
Department
German and Russian
Abstract
A few weeks ago, I was in my office with my younger sister, Maya, as she looked over our International Cinema poster. To my astonishment, I heard her say, “What? There’s a German film about Indians? Weird!” I think my disbelief stemmed from the fact that I had just returned from a research trip in Germany to study this very topic. It dawned on me in that moment that if my own sister was unaware of the Germans’ love for cowboys and Indians, then how in tarnation would the general American public be expected to know about this?
Recommended Citation
Franks, Romy
(2014)
"Germans & the Wild West: A Cinematic Reinvention of German National Identity in the Cold-war Period,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 637.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/637