Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 517 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln)
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ISBN:
9780300275032
Content:
"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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-489) and index
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CHAPTER ONE Out of Ruins (1945-1950) -- CHAPTER TWO Defying Stasis (1950-1960) -- CHAPTER THREE The Clash of Generations (1960-1970) -- CHAPTER FOUR New Uncertainties (1970-1980) -- CHAPTER FIVE Retrenchment (1980-1990) -- Coda: After the West Germans -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300259247
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kater, Michael H., 1937 - After the Nazis New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780300259247
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Art History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Kultur
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Sozialgeschichte 1945-1990
Author information:
Kater, Michael H. 1937-
