| Description |
xviii, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-432) and index. |
| Contents |
Deconstructing Modernism -- Pre-war Nazi culture -- Jews in the Nazi cultural establishment -- War and public opinion, propaganda, and culture -- Artist émigrés -- Transfer beyond Zero hour, May 1945. -- Conclusion: culture in three tyrannies. |
| Summary |
Culture was integral to the smooth running of the Third Reich. In the years preceding WWII, a wide variety of artistic forms were used to instill a Nazi ideology in the German people and to manipulate the public perception of Hitler's enemies. During the war, the arts were closely tied to the propaganda machine that promoted the cause of Germany's military campaigns. Michael H. Kater's engaging and deeply researched account of artistic culture within Nazi Germany considers how the German arts-and-letters scene was transformed when the Nazis came to power. With a broad purview that ranges widely across music, literature, film, theater, the press, and visual arts, Kater details the struggle between creative autonomy and political control as he looks at what became of German artists and their work both during and subsequent to Nazi rule. |
| Subject |
Arts, German -- 20th century.
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National socialism and art -- Germany.
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Arts and society -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Culture -- 20th century.
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Arts and society. (OCoLC)fst00817856
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Arts, German. (OCoLC)fst00818034
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Culture. (OCoLC)fst00885059
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National socialism and art. (OCoLC)fst01033786
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0300211414 (hardcover) |
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9780300211412 (hardcover) |
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