Weimar Controversies
Weimar Controversies

Author: Peter S. Fisher

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 3839451469

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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.

Weimar Controversies
Weimar Controversies

Author: Peter S. Fisher

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner

Published: 2020-06

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9783837651461

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In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegfried Kracauer's trenchant observations on Weimar's contradictions to let society's underdogs take center stage, pushing the headline makers into the background.

The Jazz Republic
The Jazz Republic

Author: Jonathan O. Wipplinger

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-04-14

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 047205340X

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Reveals the wide-ranging influence of American jazz on German discussions of music, race, and culture in the early twentieth century

Passing Illusions
Passing Illusions

Author: Kerry Wallach

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 0472053574

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Challenges the notion that Weimar Jews sought to be invisible or indistinguishable from other Germans by "passing" as non-Jews

Reshaping Capitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany
Reshaping Capitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany

Author: Moritz Föllmer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-02-03

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1108983634

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Arguing that capitalism had a significant presence in Weimar and Nazi Germany, but in a different guise from before World War I, this volume sheds fresh light on the question of how Adolf Hitler and his followers came to power and were able to gain widespread support.

The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany
The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany

Author: Katie Sutton

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0857451219

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Throughout the Weimar period the so-called “masculinization of woman” was much more than merely an outsider or subcultural phenomenon; it was central to representations of the changing female ideal, and fed into wider debates concerning the health and fertility of the German “race” following the rupture of war. Drawing on recent developments within the history of sexuality, this book sheds new light on representations and discussions of the masculine woman within the Weimar print media from 1918–1933. It traces the connotations and controversies surrounding this figure from her rise to media prominence in the early 1920s until the beginning of the Nazi period, considering questions of race, class, sexuality, and geography. By focusing on styles, bodies and identities that did not conform to societal norms of binary gender or heterosexuality, this book contributes to our understanding of gendered lives and experiences at this pivotal juncture in German history.

Splendor and Misery in the Weimar Republic
Splendor and Misery in the Weimar Republic

Author: Ingrid Pfeiffer

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783777429335

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From the glamour of the Golden Twenties to the depths of the dark side of a world undergoing rapid change - the penetrating content of works by more than 60 artists recreates the age of the Weimar Republic, big - city life and the entertainment scene as well as the consequences of the First World War and socially controversial topics such as prostitution, political struggle and social tensions. As the first German democracy, the Weimar Republic (1918 - 1933) is regarded as a time of crisis and transition - from the German Empire to the totalitarian regime of National Socialism. Numerous artists not only portrayed these years in their realistic representations, which are ironical and grotesque as well as critical - analytical; they also aimed to comment on the stat us quo and bring about social change. Works from Otto Dix and George Grosz via Conrad Felixmuller and Christian Schad to Dodo, Jeanne Mammen, Elfriede Lohse - Wachtler, famous artists and others waiting to be rediscovered, paint a multi - layered and political picture of the Weimar Republic.

A Short History of the Weimar Republic
A Short History of the Weimar Republic

Author: Colin Storer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2024-04-04

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1350172375

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It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and hyperinflation and the rise of extremist political movements. At the same time, however, a vibrant cultural scene flourished, which continues to influence the international art world through the aesthetics of Expressionism and the Bauhaus movement. In the fields of art, literature, theatre, cinema, music and architecture – not to mention science – Germany became a world leader during the 1920s, while her perilous political and economic position ensured that no US or European statesman could afford to ignore her. Incorporating original research and a synthesis of the existing historiography, this revised edition will provide students and a general readership with a clear and concise introduction to the history of the first German Republic.

The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic
The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic

Author: Nadine Rossol

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 849

ISBN-13: 0198845774

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The Weimar Republic was a turbulent and pivotal period of German and European history and a laboratory of modernity. The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic provides an unsurpassed panorama of German history from 1918 to 1933, offering an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the fascinating history of the Weimar Republic.