Weimar controversies : explorations in popular culture with Siegfried Kracauer /
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 conflicts? Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegf...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcipt Verlag,
[2020]
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Series: | Culture & theory ;
v. 224. Edition Kulturwissenschaft. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter One. Occultism: Empowerment or Menace?
- Chapter Two. Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion?
- Chapter Three. The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom?
- Chapter Four. Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime?
- Chapter Five. Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration?