From World War to Waldheim : culture and politics in Austria and the United States / edited by David F. Good and Ruth Wodak.

Based on a symposium which was organized by the Center for Austrian Studies and held at the University of Minnesota in November 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / David F. Good and Ruth Wodak -- Introduction / Reinhold Wagnleitner -- 1. American Attitudes toward Austria and Austrian-German Relations since 1945 / John Bunzl -- 2. Bruno Kreisky's Perceptions of the United States / Oliver Rathkolb -- 3. Bitburg, Waldheim, and the Politics of Remembering and Forgetting / Richard Mitten -- 4. Mass Emigration and Intellectual Exile from National Socialism: The Austrian Case / Egon Schwarz -- 5. The Influence of Austrian Emigres on the Development and Expansion of Psychoanalysis in the United States after 1945 / Bernhard Handlbauer -- 6. Heimat Hollywood: Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Edgar Ulmer, and the Criminal Cinema of the Austrian-Jewish Diaspora / Jonathan Munby -- 7. Robert Wise's The Sound of Music and the "Denazification" of Austria in American Cinema / Jacqueline Vansant -- 8. Political Culture and the Abortion Conflict: A Comparison of Austria and the United States / Maria Mesner.

"The growing internationalization of the world poses a fundamental question: through what mechanisms does culture diffuse across political boundaries and what is the role of politics in shaping this diffusion? This volume offers some answers through a case study that examines the relationship between two quite different countries during the cold war - Austria, a small neutral country, and the United States, the reigning superpower.

The authors challenge naive notions of cultural diffusion that posit the submission of small "peripheral" areas to the dictates of hegemonic powers at the "core." "Americanization" has no doubt taken place since 1945; however, local forces crucially shaped this process, and Austrian elites enjoyed considerable leeway in pursuing "Austrian" political objectives."--Jacket.

Based on a symposium which was organized by the Center for Austrian Studies and held at the University of Minnesota in November 1994.