Blood Brothers and Peace Pipes: Performing the Wild West in German Festivals

by Alina Dana Weber

"Nineteenth-century writer Karl May wrote novels about a fictionalized American Wild West that count among the most popular books of German literature to this day. His stories left an imprint on German culture, resulting in a variety of Wild West festivals featuring Native Americans and frontier settlers. These Karl May festivals are hosted widely throughout German-speaking countries today.
This book, based on years of fieldwork observing and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299323501
• ISBN13: 9780299323509
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"