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Weimar Culture RevisitedVisualizing the Republic: State Representation and Public Ritual in Weimar Germany

Weimar Culture Revisited: Visualizing the Republic: State Representation and Public Ritual in... [Visual impressions shape our perception of historical time periods and remind us of the importance of photographs, pictures, or films for the reconstruction of the past.1 The term “Weimar culture” generally evokes a set of mental images, despite the fact that very few of us will have personal experiences of 1920s Germany. Some of these snapshots are of the stunning Marlene Dietrich, the modern architecture of the Bauhaus, or Charleston-dancing girls in short dresses. Breathtaking cultural prosperity stands in sharp contrast to political turmoil and economic depression. In these images, Weimar Germany was crisis-ridden and exciting at the same time, although we need to keep in mind that the admiration of Weimar culture is in part a post-1945 phenomenon.2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Weimar Culture RevisitedVisualizing the Republic: State Representation and Public Ritual in Weimar Germany

Part of the Studies in European Culture and History Book Series
Editors: Williams, John Alexander
Rossol, Nadine
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
139 –159
DOI
10.1057/9780230117259_7
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Abstract

[Visual impressions shape our perception of historical time periods and remind us of the importance of photographs, pictures, or films for the reconstruction of the past.1 The term “Weimar culture” generally evokes a set of mental images, despite the fact that very few of us will have personal experiences of 1920s Germany. Some of these snapshots are of the stunning Marlene Dietrich, the modern architecture of the Bauhaus, or Charleston-dancing girls in short dresses. Breathtaking cultural prosperity stands in sharp contrast to political turmoil and economic depression. In these images, Weimar Germany was crisis-ridden and exciting at the same time, although we need to keep in mind that the admiration of Weimar culture is in part a post-1945 phenomenon.2]

Published: Oct 17, 2015

Keywords: Foreign Minister; State Symbol; Sport Competition; Weimar Republic; Popular Participation

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