Format:
XII, 307 S.
,
Ill. (s-w)
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0230271685
,
9780230271685
Content:
"Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain, and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations"--
Content:
"Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain, and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations"--
Note:
Enth. Literaturverz. und Index
,
Pleasure and power in Nazi Germany : an introduction
,
pt. 1. Consumption and the privileges of pleasure ; Driving, shopping, and smoking : the Society for Consumer Research and the politics of pleasure in Nazi Germany
,
Selling sexual pleasure in 1930s Germany
,
Luxury and fashion under national socialism
,
pt. 2. Discipline and distraction : entertainments and the aesthetics of pleasure ; The structure of aesthetic pleasure in the Nazi reception of Goethe's Faust
,
"German humour" in books : the attractiveness and political significance of laughter during the Nazi era
,
Pleasure, practicality, and propaganda : popular magazines in Nazi Germany, 1933-39
,
Radio, film, and morale : wartime entertainment between mobilization and distraction
,
pt. 3. The pleasures of community and consensus ; Seeing the world : photography, photojournalism, and visual pleasure in the Third Reich
,
The pleasures of being a "political soldier" : Nazi functionaries and their service to the "movement"
,
The pleasure of terror : belonging through genocide
,
The pleasures of opposition : leisure, solidarity, and resistance of a life-reform group
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780230306905
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Deutschland
;
Politische Stabilität
;
Unterhaltung
;
Geschichte 1933-1945
;
Nationalsozialismus
;
Politische Stabilität
;
Unterhaltungsindustrie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=34649
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36588
Author information:
Swett, Pamela E. 1970-
Author information:
Ross, Corey 1969-
Author information:
Almeida, Fabrice d' 1963-
