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Murder scenes : normality, deviance, and criminal violence in Weimar Berlin / Sace Elder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elder, Sace.
- Series:
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany.
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Murder.
- Homicide--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Homicide.
- Deviant behavior--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Deviant behavior.
- Violence--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Violence.
- Crime--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Crime.
- Community life--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century.
- Community life.
- Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Germany--History--1918-1933.
- Germany.
- Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining the social effects of criminal investigation in Weimar-era Berlin.
- Contents:
- "Life has recently become cheap" : murder, moral panic, and the uncertainty of normality
- "The untrained gaze of the layperson" : the murder investigation
- "She preferred staying with him to dying of hunger" : the Carl Grossmann sexual murder case
- "A children's paradise" : crime and community in West Berlin
- "What does Langu mean?" : solving murder and dissolving community in Prenzlauer Berg
- "A marriage no better and no worse than many others" : domestic homicide, gender, and everyday violence
- Conclusion: Violence and normality in Weimar Germany.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70353-6
- 9786612703539
- 0-472-02697-6
- OCLC:
- 655742733
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