From Weimar to Christiania : German and Scandinavian studies in context / edited by Florence Feiereisen, Kyle Frackman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feiereisen, Florence.

Frackman, Kyle.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--20th century--Congresses.

History, Modern.

Germany--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.

Germany.

Scandinavia--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.

Scandinavia.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Weimar to Christiania is a new compilation of graduate student work in the fields of German and Scandinavian Studies. Resulting from research presented at a unique graduate student conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, these essays utilize a wide variety of disciplinary approaches and represent an ambitious and successful effort to connect related yet distinct fields. This anthology is aimed at scholars within the broad areas of German and Scandinavian Studies. All o...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; WHEN THE GERMANS RAN WILD IN DENMARK; THE POLITICS OF IRONY AND NOSTALGIA IN KNUT HAMSUN'S MARKENS GRØDE AND ITS RECEPTION; BRIDGING THE RURAL/URBAN DIVIDE; DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHY; PART II; GERHARD KLEIN'S BERLIN-ECKE SCHÖNHAUSER(1957); TO THE END OF A UNIVERSE; THE FREE TOWN OF CHRISTIANIA; PART III; DAS ENDE DER DIALOGKULTUR; EXOTICISM, THE "ORIENT" AND THE FETISH IN THE "NEW" GERMAN TRANSNATIONAL CINEMA; THE ART OF CONSPIRACY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

"Originally presented as talks at 'Experimentations: German and Scandinavian Studies' a graduate conference ... February 2006 ... University of Massachusetts Amherst."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-19025-3

9786612190254

1-4438-0637-4

OCLC:

823721134