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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494595203321

Autore

Huener Jonathan

Titolo

Arts In Nazi Germany, The [[electronic resource] ] : Continuity, Conformity, Change

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2007

ISBN

0-85745-700-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust ; ; v.0

Altri autori (Persone)

NicosiaFrancis R

Disciplina

700.943/09043

Soggetti

Arts, German - 20th century - Germany

National socialism and art

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Fine Arts - General

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1  Anti-Semitism and the Arts in Nazi Ideology and Policy; Chapter 2  The Impact of American Popular Culture on German Youth; Chapter 3  The Legacy of Nazi Cinema: Triumph of the Will and Jew Suss Revisited; Chapter 4  Music in the Third Reich: The Complex Task of ""Germanization""; Chapter 5  A Command Performance? The Many Faces of Literature under Nazism; Chapter 6  The Art World in Nazi Germany: Choices, Rationalization, and Justice; Appendixes; List of Contributors; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Culture and the arts played a central role in the ideology and propaganda of National Socialism from the early years of the movement until the last months of the Third Reich in 1945. Hitler and his followers believed that art and culture were expressions of race, and that "Aryans" alone were capable of creating true art and preserving true German culture. This volume's essays explore these and other aspects of the arts and cultural life under National Socialism, and are authored by some of the most respected authorities in the field: Alan Steinweis, Michael Kater, Eric Rentschler, Pamela Po