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Title: |
Weimar Controversies |
| Sub-title: |
Explorations in Popular Culture with Siegfried Kracauer |
| Series: |
Edition Kulturwissenschaft |
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| By (author): |
Peter S. Fisher |
| ISBN10-13: |
3837651460 : 9783837651461 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
225x148mm |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Weight: |
.366 Kg. |
| Published: |
transcript - June 2020 |
| List Price: |
38.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Subjects: |
European history : Social & cultural history : Popular culture |
| 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. |
| Table of Contents: |
| 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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