Format:
XI, 312 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780691031361
Content:
The war at home. The wounded soldier -- The spirit of 1914 -- Film and nation -- The battle of images -- A medium for deception -- The new empire -- Mental breakdowns -- Notes from the asylum. War neurotics -- Recovering the past -- Phantoms and freaks -- From Dr. Charcot to Dr. Caligari -- Madness as resistance -- the Hitler connection -- Shattered space -- The return of the undead. The lost generation -- Mass death -- Dracula revisited -- A community under siege -- Hysteria on the home front -- The allure of the occult -- The work of mourning -- Myth, murder, and revenge. The national project -- Posing for Germany -- The will to form -- The fallen hero -- Excursus: Lang in World War I -- The sacred battle -- The end of violence -- Apocalypse redux. Rise of the machines -- Moloch war -- The American alternative -- The hunger for religion -- The workers' revolt -- Destruction and regeneration -- Aftershocks -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
Keywords:
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Psychisches Trauma
;
Rezeption
;
Deutschland
;
Film
;
Geschichte 1918-1933
;
Weimarer Republik
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Psychisches Trauma
;
Rezeption
;
Film
;
Deutschland
;
Film
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Psychisches Trauma
;
Geschichte 1918-1933
;
Weimarer Republik
;
Erster Weltkrieg
;
Psychisches Trauma
;
Film
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31523
Author information:
Kaes, Anton 1945-
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