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Weimar Controversies Explorations in Popular Culture with Siegfried Kracauer Peter S. Fisher
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Peter S. <p>Peter S. Fisher, USA</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Culture & theory ; Volume 224.
- Edition Kulturwissenschaft
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German Studies.
- History.
- Popular Culture.
- Weimar Republic.
- Siegfried Kracauer.
- Cultural History.
- German History.
- Critical Theory.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- German Studies.
- History.
- Popular Culture.
- Weimar Republic.
- Siegfried Kracauer.
- Cultural History.
- German History.
- Critical Theory.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fisher, Weimar Controversies Explorations in Popular Culture with Siegfried Kracauer
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Peter S. Fisher received a doctorate in European history from Harvard University. His research interests lie at the intersection of history and popular culture. He has published on German visionary interwar literature.
- Summary:
- In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. How could marginal figures like a stigmatized villager, a grub street writer, or an advocate for nudism become flashpoints of political conflict?Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegfried Kracauer's trenchant observations on Weimar's contradictions to knit these exemplary stories together. Following his methodology, society's underdogs take center stage, pushing the headline makers into the background.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Illustrations 7 Abbreviations 9 Introduction 11 Chapter One. Occultism: Empowerment or Menace? 17 Chapter Two. Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion? 67 Chapter Three. The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom? 99 Chapter Four. Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime? 143 Chapter Five. Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration? 173 Epilogue 213 Bibliography 227 Index 233
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783839451465
- 3839451469
- OCLC:
- 1158218755
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