Weimar Controversies

Explorations in Popular Culture with Siegfried Kracauer
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5146-1
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 224, 240 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: Edition Kulturwissenschaft

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, Peter S.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

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.