ISBN:
1433119005
,
9781433119002
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 231 S.
,
23 cm, 460 g
Series Statement:
Austrian Culture Vol. 48
Series Statement:
Austrian culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Arens, Katherine, 1953 - Belle Necropolis
DDC:
943.61303
Keywords:
Nationalism and collective memory
;
Vienna (Austria) Intellectual life
;
Vienna (Austria) Social life and customs
;
Austria Intellectual life 19th century
;
Vienna (Austria) Civilization
;
Wien
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
;
Österreich
;
Wien
;
Österreich-Ungarn
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Habsburger Dynastie : 1200-
;
Österreich-Ungarn
;
Rezeption
;
Fin de siècle
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Geschichtsbild
;
Narrativ
Abstract:
Necropolis : Introduction to the ghosts of imperial Vienna -- 1. Excursus from the crypt : In memoriam, by Helene Vetsera ; Postscript, by Heinrich Baltazzi-Scharschmid -- 2. From Mayerling's ghosts to today's revenants : An introduction to the memory cultures of Austria -- 3. The persistence of Mitteleuropa in memory : The ghosts of Central Europe ; a) Travels across Habsburg Europe ; b) Narrating politics : The appeal to biopolitics ; c) Habsburg wraiths : The case of Jörg Haider ; d) Ghosts of Austria -- 4. Habsburg nostalgia as postmemory, and what comes after ; a) Science fiction Habsburgiana ; b) Revisiting the action : Twitting the allies ; c) History, memory, and collective trauma -- 5. "Glücklich ist, wer [nicht] vergisst" : From Broadway to the necropolis ; a) Habsburg revenants : Broadway-an-der-Wien ; b) Broadway an der Wien : The West End, East ; c) Some conclusions : The musical as Austrian popular culture -- 6. Building the Habsburg subject : Scholarly historical fictions ; a) Prussian-cold-war Vienna : From the public to the academy ; b) Schorske's Modernist fin de siècle ; c) The Ringstrasse as a social-textual project ; d) Some conclusions : The ideology of Austrian historicism -- Afterword : Beyond necrophilia -- Appendix : a) An introduction to the Denkschrift ; b) Denkschrift, by Baroness Helene Vetsera
Description / Table of Contents:
Necropolis : introduction to the ghosts of imperial Vienna1. Excursus from the crypt : in memoriam -- 2. From Mayerling's ghosts to today's revenants : an introduction to the memory cultures of Austria -- 3. The persistence of Mitteleuropa in memory : the ghosts of Central Europe ; travels across Habsburg Europe ; narrating politics : the appeal to biopolitics ; Habsburg wraiths : the case of Jörg Haider ; ghosts of Austria -- 4. Habsburg nostalgia as postmemory, and what comes after science fiction Habsburgiana ; revisiting the action : twitting the allies ; history, memory, and collective trauma -- 5. 'Glücklich ist, wer [nicht] vergisst' : from Broadway to the necropolis ; Habsburg revenants : Broadway-an-der-Wien ; Broadway an der Wien : the West End, East ; some conclusions : the musical as Austrian popular culture -- 6. Building the Habsburg subject : scholarly historical fictions ; Prussian-cold-war Vienna : from the public to the academy ; Schorske's modernist Fin de siècle ; the Ringstrasse as a social-textual project ; some conclusions : the ideology of Austrian historicism -- Afterword : beyond necrophilia -- Appendix : an introduction to the Denkschrift -- Denkschrift als Manuscript gedruckt im Selbstverlag der Baronin Helene Vetsera bei Johann N. Vernay, Wien, 1889.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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