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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.

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Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Occultism: Empowerment or Menace?; Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion?; The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom?; Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime?; Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration?; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Weimar Controversies – Explorations in Popular

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      Publisher: Transcript Verlag
      Publication Date: 10/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9783837651461, 978-3837651461
      ISBN10: 3837651460
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      European history Social and cultural history Popular culture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; Occultism: Empowerment or Menace?; Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion?; The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom?; Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime?; Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration?; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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