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After the Nazis : the story of culture in West Germany / Michael H. Kater

Kater, Michael H., 1937- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2023] [© 2023]

1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 517 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten) : Illustrationen

Englisch

Out of ruins (1945-1950) -- Defying stasis (1950-1960) -- The clash of generations (1960-1970) -- New uncertainties (1970-1980) -- Retrenchment (1980-1990) -- Coda: After the West Germans.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-489) and index

Erscheint auch als: After the Nazis / Kater, Michael H. (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-300-27503-2 (electronic book)

978-0-300-25924-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1419555271     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.2307/jj.6142247

NQ 6160  | LK 10357      Ähnliche Literatur

DD67.4 ; DD259.25

943.087 ; 306.094309045

Basisklassifikation: 15.43 (Deutsche Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart) ; 20.10 (Kunst und Gesellschaft) ; 15.07 (Kulturgeschichte)

*Westdeutschland ; Sozialgeschichte ; Kultur ; Geschichte 1900-1999     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century ; Germany -- Social life and customs -- 20th century ; Germany -- History -- 1945- ; Germany -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century

20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.) ; Europäische Geschichte ; Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte ; HISTORY / Europe / Germany ; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century ; HISTORY / Social History ; History ; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte ; Deutschland

"A wide-ranging, insightful history of culture in West Germany--from literature, film, and music to theater and the visual arts After World War II a mood of despair and impotence pervaded the arts in West Germany. The culture and institutions of the Third Reich were abruptly dismissed, yet there was no immediate return to the Weimar period's progressive ideals. In this moment of cultural stasis, how could West Germany's artists free themselves from their experiences of Nazism? Moving from 1945 to reunification, Michael H. Kater explores West German culture as it emerged from the darkness of the Third Reich. Examining periods of denial and complacency as well as attempts to reckon with the past, he shows how all postwar culture was touched by the vestiges of National Socialism. From the literature of Günter Grass to the happenings of Joseph Beuys and Karlheinz Stockhausen's innovations in electronic music, Kater shows how it was only through the reinvigoration of the cultural scene that West Germany could contend with its past--and eventually allow democracy to reemerge."--Dust jacket