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Pleasure and power in Nazi Germany
- Title
- Pleasure and power in Nazi Germany / edited by Pamela Swett, Corey Ross [and] Fabrice d'Almeida.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xii, 307 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain, and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations"--
- Subjects
- HISTORY / Europe / Germany
- Germany > History > 1933-1945
- Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945
- Amusements > Germany > History > 20th century
- Power (Social sciences) > Germany > History > 20th century
- Political stability > Germany > History > 20th century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Popular culture > Germany > History > 20th century
- Political culture > Germany > History > 20th century
- Social control > Germany > History > 20th century
- Pleasure > Social aspects > Germany > History > 20th century
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Social History
- Germany > Social life and customs > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pleasure and power in Nazi Germany : an introduction / P.E. Swett, C. Ross & F. d'Almeida -- pt. 1. Consumption and the privileges of pleasure -- Driving, shopping, and smoking : the Society for Consumer Research and the politics of pleasure in Nazi Germany / S.J. Wiesen -- Selling sexual pleasure in 1930s Germany / P.E. Swett -- Luxury and fashion under national socialism / F. d'Almeida -- pt. 2. Discipline and distraction : entertainments and the aesthetics of pleasure -- The structure of aesthetic pleasure in the Nazi reception of Goethe's Faust / D. Pan -- "German humour" in books : the attractiveness and political significance of laughter during the Nazi era / P. Merziger -- Pleasure, practicality, and propaganda : popular magazines in Nazi Germany, 1933-39 / K.C. Führer -- Radio, film, and morale : wartime entertainment between mobilization and distraction / C. Ross -- pt. 3. The pleasures of community and consensus -- Seeing the world : photography, photojournalism, and visual pleasure in the Third Reich / E. Harvey -- The pleasures of being a "political soldier" : Nazi functionaries and their service to the "movement" / D. Mühlenfeld -- The pleasure of terror : belonging through genocide / T. Kühne -- The pleasures of opposition : leisure, solidarity, and resistance of a life-reform group / M. Roseman.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-716
- ISBN
- 9780230271685 (hardback)
- 0230271685 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011004159
- OCLC
- YBP 2011004159
- Title
- Pleasure and power in Nazi Germany / edited by Pamela Swett, Corey Ross [and] Fabrice d'Almeida.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Ross, Corey, 1969-Swett, Pamela E., 1970-Almeida, Fabrice d'
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-716