The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Eva Kolinsky
Edited by Wilfried van der Will
SeriesCambridge Companions to Culture
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:392
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 153
ISBN/Barcode 9780521568708
ClassificationsDewey:306.0943
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Maps; 12 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 January 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

One of the most intriguing questions of our time is how some of the masterpieces of modernity originated in a country in which personal liberty and democracy were slow to emerge. This Companion provides an authoritative account of modern German culture since the onset of industrialisation, the rise of mass society and the nation state. Newly written and researched by experts in their respective fields, individual chapters trace developments in German culture - including national identity, class, Jews in German society, minorities and women, the functions of folk and mass culture, poetry, drama, theatre, dance, music, art, architecture, cinema and mass media - from the nineteenth century to the present. Guidance is given for further reading and a chronology is provided. In its totality the Companion shows how the political and social processes that shaped modern Germany are intertwined with cultural genres and their agendas of creative expression.

Reviews

"This book is informative, topically comprehensive, well researched, and clearly written. It may serve as a useful reference work to the modern German culture scene, or it may be adopted as a text book for a course in German Culture and Civilization... Charlotte M. Craig, Germanic Notes and Reviews