Crime stories : criminalistic fantasy and the culture of crisis in Weimar Germany /

The Weimar Republic (19181933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herzog, Todd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 22.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Popular culture > Germany > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, German > History > 20th century.
Crime in popular culture > Germany > History > 20th century.
Criminals > Germany > History > 20th century.
Crime in literature.
Modernism (Literature) > Germany > History > 20th century.
Crime films > Germany > History > 20th century.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Culture populaire > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Allemands > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Criminalité dans la culture populaire > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Criminels > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
Films criminels > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime films.
Crime in popular culture.
Criminals.
German literature.
Intellectual life.
Modernism (Literature)
National characteristics, German.
Popular culture.
Social conditions
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Germany > Social conditions > 1918-1933.
Allemagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Allemagne > Conditions sociales > 1918-1933.
Germany.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Crime, detection, and German modernism
  • Writing criminals : Outsiders of society and the modernist case history
  • Understanding criminals : the cases of Ella Klein and Franz Biberkopf
  • Seeing criminals : mass murder, mass culture, mass public
  • Tracking criminals : the cases of Peter Kürten, Franz Bekert, and Emil Tischbein
  • Conclusion: Criminalistic fantasy after Weimar.

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