Weimar Controversies – Explorations in Popular Culture with Siegfried Kracauer
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2021
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783837651461
Publisert
2021-12-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Transcript Verlag
Vekt
666 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
230
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Peter S. Fisher received a Ph.D. in Modern European History from Harvard University. His research interests are history and popular culture of the Kaiserreich and Weimar Republic.
In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. How could marginal figures like a stigmatized villager, a grub street writer, or an advocate for nudism become flashpoints of political conflict?
Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegfried Kracauer's trenchant observations on Weimar's contradictions to knit these exemplary stories together. Following his methodology, society's underdogs take center stage, pushing the headline makers into the background.
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Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Occultism: Empowerment or Menace?; Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion?; The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom?; Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime?; Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration?; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783837651461
Publisert
2021-12-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Transcript Verlag
Vekt
666 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
230
Forfatter