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Franco-German cultural exchange reached its height at the 1937 Paris World's Fair, where the Third Reich worked to promote an illusion of friendship between the two countries. Through the prism of this decisive event, this work examines the overlooked relationships among Nazi elites and French intellectuals.

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"In the World's Fair of 1937 and its attendant cultural programs, Karen Fiss has found a wonderful vehicle for exploring bilateral relations between France and Germany at this critical historical junction. Her careful analysis of cultural products - starting with a masterful explication of Jean Renoir's classic film La grande illusion, extending through treatments of the German and French pavilions, and culminating with a study of three German films - enables Fiss to ground her original arguments in specific and important examples. This is a marvelous book." - Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College"

Grand Illusion The Third Reich the Paris Exposition and the Cultural Seduction of France

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226252018, 978-0226252018
      ISBN10: 0226252019

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Franco-German cultural exchange reached its height at the 1937 Paris World's Fair, where the Third Reich worked to promote an illusion of friendship between the two countries. Through the prism of this decisive event, this work examines the overlooked relationships among Nazi elites and French intellectuals.

      Trade Review
      "In the World's Fair of 1937 and its attendant cultural programs, Karen Fiss has found a wonderful vehicle for exploring bilateral relations between France and Germany at this critical historical junction. Her careful analysis of cultural products - starting with a masterful explication of Jean Renoir's classic film La grande illusion, extending through treatments of the German and French pavilions, and culminating with a study of three German films - enables Fiss to ground her original arguments in specific and important examples. This is a marvelous book." - Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College"

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