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1 online resource (420 pages) |
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Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association, vol. 2 |
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Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association, vol. 2
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WEIMAR PUBLICS/WEIMAR SUBJECTS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION. Weimar Subjects/Weimar Publics; Part I. Defeat and the Legacy of War; Chapter 1. The Return of the Undead; Chapter 2. The Work of Art and the Problem of Politics in Berlin Dada; Chapter 3. The Secret History of Photomontage; Part II. New Citizens/New Subjectivities; Chapter 4. Mothers, Citizens, and Consumers; Chapter 5. Claiming Citizenship; Chapter 6. Feminist Politics beyond the Reichstag; Chapter 7. Producing Jews; Part III. Symbols, Rituals, and Discourses of Democracy |
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Chapter 8. Reforming the Reich Chapter 9. High Expectations-Deep Disappointment; Chapter 10. Contested Narratives of the Weimar Republic; Chapter 11. Political Violence, Contested Public Space, and Reasserted Masculinity in Weimar Germany; Part IV. Publics, Publicity,and Mass Culture; Chapter 12. "A Self-Representation of the Masses"; Chapter 13. Neither Masses nor Individuals; Chapter 14. Cultural Capital in Decline; Part V. Weimar Topographies; Chapter 15. Defining the Nation in Crisis; Chapter 16. Gender and Colonial Politics after the Versailles Treaty |
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Chapter 17. The Economy of Experiencein Weimar GermanyBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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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, empir |
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Print version record |
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Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Popular culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Social conflict -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Social change -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Intellectual life
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Popular culture
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Social change
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Social conditions
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Social conflict
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054639
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054610
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Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054657
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Barndt, Kerstin
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McGuire, Kristin
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| ISBN |
9781845458461 |
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184545846X |
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