| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Culture & theory ; volume 224 |
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Culture & theory ; v. 224.
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Edition Kulturwissenschaft.
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| 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? |
| 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 conflicts? 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966.
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| SUBJECT |
Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966 fast |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Popular culture
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3839451469 |
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9783839451465 |
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