Disciplining Germany : youth, reeducation, and reconstruction after the Second World War / Jaimey Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Jaimey.

Series:

Kritik (Detroit, Mich.)

Kritik : German literary theory and cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Germany--History--20th century.

Youth.

Youth movements--Germany--History--20th century.

Youth movements.

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

Collective memory--Germany--History--20th century.

Collective memory.

Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 375 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During Hitler's reign, Nazis deliberately developed and exploited a youthful image and used youth to define their political and social hierarchies. This title analyzes a variety of media, including literature, news media, and films, in order to argue that youth and education played a central role in Germany's coming to terms with the Nazi past.

Contents:

Youth, memory, and guilt in early postwar Germany

Hitler's youth? The Nazi "revolution" as youth uprising

The Jugendproblem (youth problem): youth and reeducation in the early postwar public sphere

Germany's youthful "catastrophe": guilt and modernity in the early postwar period

Modernity's better others: youth in Jaspers's postwar university and Wiechert's reconstructive agenda

Children of the rubble: youth, pedagogy, and politics in early DEFA films

Reconstructing film in the western zones: stars of youthful sexuality

Conclusion: Mobilizing youth for the Cold War.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-360) and index.

ISBN:

9780814337431

0814337430

OCLC:

795711670