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Queen Mary University of London

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Article title

Ekel Alfred und die Kulturrevolution: Unterhaltungsfernsehen als Sprachrohr der "68er"-Bewegung?

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

Title of journal

Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

9-10

First page of article

557

ISSN of journal

0016-9056

Year of publication

2011

URL

Number of additional authors

Additional information

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

Yes

English abstract

‘Obnoxious Alfred and the Cultural Revolution: Television Entertainment as Catalyst of the ‘1968er’ Movement?

‘Obnoxious Alfred’ (‘Ekel Alfred’) was the main character of a hugely successful television sitcom in 1970s West Germany. The hit TV series, built around a racist, traditionalist anti-hero, accompanied but also shaped and accelerated the cultural revolution in the Federal Republic. This article traces the relations between television producers and the student protests of the late 1960s, and analyses how viewers received Alfred’s messages. In doing so, it highlights the schism between new Leftists and lifestyle rebels which characterised the West German variation of the Sixties cultural revolution.