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2011-05-10 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Remote Indian state hooked on Korean pop culture

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Posted by Fred 2011-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Der Spiegel had an interesting article on Germans fetishizing native Americans of the 1800's due to the influence of a popular German author. Some kind of chord has been struck there also. 2000 years ago German tribes were in a situation very similar to that of north American tribes dealing with colonization by Europeans.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-10 08:29|| 2011-05-10 08:29|| Front Page Top

#2 When we lived in Germany in the '90s, there was a local subculture keen on American square dancing. The next village over had an annual Country 'n' Western fest with bands from all over... the usual German beer and sausages with mustard... and loads of men in Western shirts and cowboy boots, their women in ruffled gingham dresses held wide by ruffled petticoats.

Contrariwise, in Cincinnati the dirndl-clad females and lederhosen-wearing males of all ages flow up and down the streets during Oktoberfest, freely mingling with those dressed in the local idiom.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-05-10 08:49|| 2011-05-10 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, yes - Karl May, sort of the German version of Zane Grey. It's true that many Germans today absolutely adored the adventure stories about Winnetou and Shatterhand. I believe many of his books were dramatized for TV, too.
One of the things that I want is for the Adelsverein Trilogy to be translated and available in German. I would so clean up! I've had emails from German-Americans asking if it is, and I am sorry to have to say "Not yet."By the way, my latest, Daughter of Texas is out now, too. (It's about the early days in Texas, and the war for independence.)

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2011-05-10 09:02|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2011-05-10 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Just put it on my Kindle, Sgt Mom. Good luck with it.

Posted by Grunter 2011-05-10 22:12|| 2011-05-10 22:12|| Front Page Top

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