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Party! Party!! Party!!! : photographs from Weimar Germany / hosted by Ed Jones and Christopher Nesbit at the Archive of Modern Conflict.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parties--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Parties.
- Nightclubs--Germany--Berlin--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Nightclubs.
- History.
- Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Social conditions.
- Germany--Berlin.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 20 x 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Bone Idle, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Drawing on more than 100 unpublished photographs, including unseen images of some of the most famous and infamous Berlin clubs of the 1920s, Party! Party!! Party!!! depicts the Weimar Republic through the people who partied and the places they partied in--from living rooms and bedrooms to the underground and tourist-filled clubs and music halls of Berlin. The defeat of the German Empire in World War I meant that the newly formed Weimar Republic was all but bankrupt, facing impossible debt and prey to violent revolution from both left and right. The poor were particularly vulnerable. Any new day could bring disease, unemployment or crime. This precariousness of existence gave rise, in some, to a frantic desire to live in the moment--to celebrate, or escape reality. An exploration of decadence, sexuality and indulgence went alongside an innocence of the consequences of fascism or communism. Life, for many, became a kind of feast during a time of plague as Germany in the 1920s conducted a glorious and futileexperiment in the art of partying. Party! Party!! Party!!! is a moving testimony to this celebratory spirit."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover.
- ISBN:
- 0995185530
- 9780995185531
- OCLC:
- 1031145595
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