Transnational Performances of Native American and African American Cultures at the German–American Institute Regensburg

2023/09/01 by Knittl, Christian Josef
#German–American Institute #Regensburg #cultural performance #transnational

paper · doi:10.5283/copas.380

Abstract

In this article I analyze two events the former German–American Institute Regensburg hosted as performances. By examining the exhibition “Native American Traditions” and a week-long series of events titled “The Status of the African American in the Development of American Culture,” I contend that transnational cultural performances can both engage with stereotypical and appropriated knowledge about cultures while also leading to a problematization and diversification of the intricacies of the struggles the members of these groups go through in other situations.

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