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Crime Stories - 9781845454395
Un libro in lingua di Todd Herzog edito da Berghahn Books, 2009
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The Weimar Republic (1918–1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. The author argues that the development of a new type of crime fiction during this period - which turned literary tradition on its head by focusing on the criminal and abandoning faith in the powers of the rational detective - is intricately related to new ways of understanding criminality among professionals in the fields of law, criminology, and police science. Considering Weimar Germany not only as a culture in crisis (the standard view in both popular and scholarly studies), but also as a culture of crisis, the author explores the ways in which crime and crisis became the foundation of the Republic's self-definition. An interdisciplinary cultural studies project, this book insightfully combines history, sociology, literary studies, and film studies to investigate a topic that cuts across all of these disciplines.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Crime Stories
- Sottotitolo: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Todd Herzog
- Editore: Berghahn Books
- Collana: Berghahn Books (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 17 Aprile '09
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Popular culture Germany History 20th century National characteristics, German History 20th century Crime in popular culture Germany History 20th century
- Pagine: 169
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 19
- ISBN-10: 1845454391
- EAN-13: 9781845454395