| Description |
xix, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to culture. |
|
Cambridge companions to culture.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The citizen and the state in modern Germany / Peter Pulzer -- German national identity / John Breuilly -- Elites and class structure / Hans-Georg Betz -- Jews in German society / Andrei S. Markovits, Beth Simone Noveck and Carolyn Höfig -- Non-German minorities, women and the emergence of civil society / Eva Kolinsky -- Critiques of culture / Andrew Bowie -- The functions of 'Volkskultur', mass culture and alternative culture / Wilfried Van Der Will -- The development of German prose fiction / Martin Swales -- Modern German poetry / Karen Leeder -- German drama, theatre and dance / Michael Patterson and Michael Huxley -- Music in modern German culture / Erik Levi -- Modern German art / Irit Rogoff -- Modern German architecture / Iain Boyd Whyte -- German cinema / Martin Brady and Helen Hughes -- The media of mass communication: the press, radio and television / Holger Briel. |
| Summary |
This text offers an account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialization. Chapters trace developments in culture, including national identity, minorities and women, Jews in German society and the functions of folk and massculture. |
| Subject |
Germany -- Intellectual life.
|
|
Germany -- Civilization.
|
|
Germany -- Ethnic relations.
|
|
Arts, German.
|
|
Arts, Modern -- Germany.
|
|
Arts, German. (OCoLC)fst00818034
|
|
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
|
|
Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
|
|
Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
|
|
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
|
|
Cultuur.
|
|
Kunst.
|
|
Geschichte. (DE-588)4020517-4
|
|
Kultur. (DE-588)4125698-0
|
|
Germany. (DE-588)4011882-4
|
|
Tyskland.
|
|
Kultur.
|
|
1900-tallet.
|
|
Cultura (história) -- Alemanha.
|
|
Civilização moderna -- Alemanha.
|
|
Gesellschaft.
|
|
Kultur.
|
|
Germany.
|
| Genre/Form |
Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963
|
|
Reference works.
|
| Added Author |
Kolinsky, Eva.
|
|
Will, Wilfried van der, 1935-
|
| ISBN |
0521560322 |
|
9780521560320 |
|
0521568706 (pbk.) |
|
9780521568708 (pbk.) |
|
