Competing Germanies : Nazi, antifascist, and Jewish theater in German Argentina, 1933-1965 / Robert Kelz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelz, Robert Vincent, author.

Series:

Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freie Deutsche Buehne in Buenos Aires--History.

Freie Deutsche Buehne in Buenos Aires.

Deutsches Theater (Buenos Aires, Argentina)--History.

Deutsches Theater (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Ethnic theater--Argentina--History--20th century.

Ethnic theater.

National socialism and theater--Argentina--History.

National socialism and theater.

Jewish theater--Argentina--History--20th century.

Jewish theater.

Germans--Argentina--History--20th century.

Germans.

German drama--20th century--History and criticism.

German drama.

History.

Argentina.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 355 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2019.

Summary:

"Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted considerable resources to competing against its rival onstage. Competing Germanies tracks the paths of several stage actors from European theaters to Buenos Aires and explores how two of Argentina's most influential immigrant groups, German nationalists and antifascists (Jewish and non-Jewish), clashed on the city's stages. Covered widely in German- and Spanish-language media, theatrical performances articulated strident Nazi, antifascist, and Zionist platforms. Meanwhile, as their thespian representatives grappled onstage for political leverage among emigrants and Argentines, behind the curtain, conflicts simmered within partisan institutions and among theatergoers. Publicly they projected unity, but offstage nationalist, antifascist, and Zionist populations were rife with infighting on issues of political allegiance, cultural identity and, especially, integration with their Argentine hosts"-- Publisher's Web site.

Following World War II, German antifascists and nationalists in Buenos Aires believed theater was crucial to their highly politicized efforts at community-building, and each population devoted considerable resources to competing against its rival onstage. Competing Germanies tracks the paths of several stage actors from European theaters to Buenos Aires and explores how two of Argentina's most influential immigrant groups, German nationalists and antifascists (Jewish and non-Jewish), clashed on the city's stages. Covered widely in German- and Spanish-language media, theatrical performances articulated strident Nazi, antifascist, and Zionist platforms. Meanwhile, as their thespian representatives grappled onstage for political leverage among emigrants and Argentines, behind the curtain, conflicts simmered within partisan institutions and among theatergoers. Publicly they projected unity, but offstage nationalist, antifascist, and Zionist populations were rife with infighting on issues of political allegiance, cultural identity and, especially, integration with their Argentine hosts.Competing Germanies reveals interchange and even mimicry between antifascist and nationalist German cultural institutions. Furthermore, performances at both theaters also fit into contemporary invocations of diasporas, including taboos and postponements of return to the native country, connections among multiple communities, and forms of longing, memory, and (dis)identification. Sharply divergent at first glance, their shared condition as cultural institutions of emigrant populations caused the antifascist Free German Stage and the nationalist German Theater to adopt parallel tactics in community-building, intercultural relationships, and dramatic performance.

Contents:

Introduction : Argentina's competing German theaters

German Buenos Aires asunder

Theater on the move : routes to Buenos Aires

Staging dissidence : the Free German Stage

Hyphenated Hitlerism : transatlantic Nazism confronts cultural hybridity

Enduring competition : German theater in Argentina, 1946-1965.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kelz, Robert Vincent. Competing Germanies

ISBN:

9781501739859

1501739859

9781501739866

1501739867

OCLC:

1120784981