Topographies of class : modern architecture and mass society in Weimar Berlin / / Sabine Hake

• Autore: Hake Sabine <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 323 pages) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 943/.155085
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century; Mass society
• Soggetto geografico: Berlin (Germany) History 1918-1945; Berlin (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc; Berlin (Germany) Intellectual life 20th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-312) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Setting the scene : Weimar Berlin, circa 1920 -- Mapping Weimar society : on masses, classes, and white-collar workers -- Organizing the modern masses : new building in Weimar Berlin -- Walking in the metropolis : the city texts of Franz Hessel and Siegfried Kracauer -- Picturing the new Berlin : photography, architecture, and modern mass society -- Deconstructing modern subjectivity : on Berlin Alexanderplatz -- Reconstructing modern subjectivity : on Berlin, symphony of the big city.
• Sommario/riassunto: Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective of mass discourse and class analysis, the author examines the way in which architectural projects, debates, and representations in literature, photography, and film played a role in establishing the terms under which contemporaries made sense of the rise of white-collar society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Topographies of class
• ISBN: 0-472-07038-X; 1-282-59756-6; 9786612597565; 0-472-02519-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780702003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany.