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Weimar Culture RevisitedCinema, Radio, and “Mass Culture” in the Weimar Republic: Between Shared Experience and Social Division

Weimar Culture Revisited: Cinema, Radio, and “Mass Culture” in the Weimar Republic: Between... [The unique explosion of creativity in Weimar-era Germany has long been a highlight of twentieth century cultural history. From literature to theater, from the visual arts to cutting-edge design, Germany could plausibly lay claim to the most vibrant cultural scene in the world during the 1920s. In some respects, the retrospective brilliance of these artistic feats has cast a peculiar light on the less illustrious popular cultural artifacts of these years. Even if the bulk of films, magazines, and radio shows had little to do with the avant-garde scene, they too are commonly regarded as part of the wider groundswell of cultural change after the First World War. In this view, the combination of a new democratic political system, shorter working hours, technological advances, and the general atmosphere of cultural experimentation encouraged the emergence of a new and more widely shared mass culture.1] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Weimar Culture RevisitedCinema, Radio, and “Mass Culture” in the Weimar Republic: Between Shared Experience and Social Division

Part of the Studies in European Culture and History Book Series
Editors: Williams, John Alexander
Ross, Corey
Weimar Culture Revisited — Oct 17, 2015
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
ISBN
978-1-349-29215-8
Pages
23 –48
DOI
10.1057/9780230117259_2
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Abstract

[The unique explosion of creativity in Weimar-era Germany has long been a highlight of twentieth century cultural history. From literature to theater, from the visual arts to cutting-edge design, Germany could plausibly lay claim to the most vibrant cultural scene in the world during the 1920s. In some respects, the retrospective brilliance of these artistic feats has cast a peculiar light on the less illustrious popular cultural artifacts of these years. Even if the bulk of films, magazines, and radio shows had little to do with the avant-garde scene, they too are commonly regarded as part of the wider groundswell of cultural change after the First World War. In this view, the combination of a new democratic political system, shorter working hours, technological advances, and the general atmosphere of cultural experimentation encouraged the emergence of a new and more widely shared mass culture.1]

Published: Oct 17, 2015

Keywords: Mass Culture; Ticket Price; Film Industry; Cinema Operator; Silent Film

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