Major changes have been taking place in the context of German Studies in both secondary and higher education, with the focus shifting to a broader range of cultural forms. Based on the view that cultures are the products of class, place, gender, and race, German Cultural Studies: An Introduction takes account of these changes and adopts an interdisciplinary approach in its wide-ranging study of German culture and society since 1871, emphasizing recent and contemporary developments. Chronological sections on Imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the German Democratic Republic, and the Federal Republic chart the growth of modernism and the culture industry in Germany, and examine the extent to which culture in any given period functions as an instrument of ideological manipulation or critical enlightenment. Throughout, the emphasis is on the interactions of culture in both public and private consciousnesses. Copiously illustrated, and with guidance for further reading, the volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in modern and contemporary German society and its culture.
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List of Contributors p. x
Introduction p. 1
Robin Lenman, John Osborne, Eda Sagarra Imperial Germany: Towards the Commercialization of Culture p. 9
Weimar Culture: The Birth of Modernism p. 53
Culture and the Organization of National Socialist Ideology 1933 to 1945 p. 101
The Failed Socialist Experiment: Culture in the GDR p. 147
Reconstruction and Integration: The Culture of West German Stabilization 1945 to 1968 p. 209
The Federal Republic 1968 to 1990: From the Industrial Society to the Culture Society p. 257
Unification and its Aftermath: The Challenge of History p. 325
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