Weimar publics/Weimar subjects : rethinking the political culture of Germany in the 1920s /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2010.
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| Series: | Spektrum (New York, N.Y.) ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| 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, empire and borderlands, visual culture, popular culture and consumption. This collection offers new perspectives from leading scholars in the disciplines of history, art history, film studies, and German studies on the vibrant political culture of Germany in the 1920s. From the traumatic ruptures of defeat, revolution, and collapse of the Kaiser's state, the visionaries of Weimar went on to invent a republic, calling forth new citizens and cultural innovations that shaped the republic far beyond the realms of parliaments and political parties. |
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| Item Description: | Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-401) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845458461 184545846X 1282727400 9781282727403 1782381082 9781782381082 9786612727405 6612727403 |
