In 1926 : living at the edge of time / / Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778196703321
• Autore: Gumbrecht Hans Ulrich
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 1997
• ISBN: 0-674-03804-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 505 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.822
• Soggetti: Civilization, Modern - 20th century; Popular culture - History - 20th century; Civilization, Western - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- User's Manual -- Arrays -- Codes -- Codes Collapsed -- Frames -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this thoroughly innovative work, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht evokes the year 1926 through explorations of such things as bars, boxing, movie palaces, hunger artists, airplanes, hair gel, bullfighting, film stardom and dance crazes. From the vantage points of Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New York, the reader is allowed multiple itineraries, ultimately becoming immersed in the activities, entertainments, and thought patterns of the citizens of 1926.