Examines, then employs the metaphor of cultural impact in an effort to understand how culture works in the German-speaking world.

Introduction: Cultural Impact in Theory and Practice - Rebecca Braun
The Metaphor of Cultural Impact and the Cultural Impact of Metaphor - Katrin Kohl
The Bombing of Dresden and the Idea of Cultural Impact - Anne Fuchs
Understanding the Cultural Impact of Popular Film - Ben Morgan
Cultural Impact and the Power of Myth in Popular Public Constructions of Authorship - Rebecca Braun
Cultural Impact as Symbolic Capital: The Case of the Elite Intellectual Field - Matthew Philpotts
Frederick 300 in 2012: A Case Study of Institutional Management of Heritage in Germany - Jürgen Luh
"Art needs Bread": Supporting Literature in Germany - Gunther Nickel
"I've been told . . . that the play is far too German": The Interplay of Institution and Dramaturgy in Shaping British Reactions to German Theater - David Barnett
You Shall Know Them by Their Objects: Material Culture and Its Impact in Museum Displays about National Socialism - Chloe Paver
Discrepant Narratives: The Impact of Trans-Border Theater Festivals on Communities at the German-Polish Border - Jane Wilkinson
The Impact of an Unperson? Peter-Paul Zahl, Peter-Jurgen Boock,and the Cultural Impact of Prison Writing - Sarah Colvin
The Organic Intellectual: The Public and Political Impact of Greta Kuckhoff, 1945-1949 - Joanne Sayner
The Politics of Cultural Impact: Michael Kohlhaas in East Berlin - Laura Bradley
Ingeborg Bachmann as Poet and Myth: A Case Study in Cultural Impact - Karen Leeder
Sponsoring Authorial Impact: The Case of Ingo Schulze - Jenny McKay