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Weimar publics/Weimar subjects : rethinking the political culture of Germany in the 1920s / edited by Kathleen Canning, Kerstin Barndt & Kristin McGuire.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Spektrum (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 2.
- Spektrum ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--Germany--History--20th century.
- Political culture.
- Popular culture--Germany--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Social conflict--Germany--History--20th century.
- Social conflict.
- Social change--Germany--History--20th century.
- Social change.
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
- Germany.
- Germany--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In spite of having been short-lived, "Weimar" has never lost its fascination. Until recently, the Weimar Republic's place in German history was primarily defined by its catastrophic beginning and end - Germany's defeat in 1918 and the Nazi seizure of power in 1933; its history seen mainly in terms of politics and as an arena of flawed decisions and failed compromises. However, a flourishing of interdisciplinary scholarship on Weimar political culture is uncovering arenas of conflict and change that had not been studied closely before, such as gender, body politics, masculinity, citizenship,
- Contents:
- WEIMAR PUBLICS/WEIMAR SUBJECTS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION. Weimar Subjects/Weimar Publics; Part I. Defeat and the Legacy of War; Chapter 1. The Return of the Undead; Chapter 2. The Work of Art and the Problem of Politics in Berlin Dada; Chapter 3. The Secret History of Photomontage; Part II. New Citizens/New Subjectivities; Chapter 4. Mothers, Citizens, and Consumers; Chapter 5. Claiming Citizenship; Chapter 6. Feminist Politics beyond the Reichstag; Chapter 7. Producing Jews; Part III. Symbols, Rituals, and Discourses of Democracy
- Chapter 8. Reforming the Reich Chapter 9. High Expectations-Deep Disappointment; Chapter 10. Contested Narratives of the Weimar Republic; Chapter 11. Political Violence, Contested Public Space, and Reasserted Masculinity in Weimar Germany; Part IV. Publics, Publicity,and Mass Culture; Chapter 12. "A Self-Representation of the Masses"; Chapter 13. Neither Masses nor Individuals; Chapter 14. Cultural Capital in Decline; Part V. Weimar Topographies; Chapter 15. Defining the Nation in Crisis; Chapter 16. Gender and Colonial Politics after the Versailles Treaty
- Chapter 17. The Economy of Experiencein Weimar GermanyBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612727405
- 9781782381082
- 1782381082
- 9781282727403
- 1282727400
- 9781845458461
- 184545846X
- OCLC:
- 710972872
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