Crime Stories: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany
New York ; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2009]
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Monographie, Elektronische Ressource
- 1 online resource (182 p.)
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The Weimar Republic (1918–1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public’s reaction to their crimes. The author argues that the development of a new type of crime fiction during this period - which turned literary tradition on its head by focusing on the criminal and abandoning faith in the powers of the rational detective - is intricately related to new ways of understanding criminality among professionals in the fields of law, criminology, and police science. Considering Weimar Germany not only as a culture in crisis (the standard view in both popular and scholarly studies), but also as a culture of crisis, the author explores the ways in which crime and crisis became the foundation of the Republic’s self-definition. An interdisciplinary cultural studies project, this book insightfully combines history, sociology, literary studies, and film studies to investigate a topic that cuts across all of these disciplines
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Crime Stories: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany
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Verantwortlichkeitsangabe: | Todd Herzog |
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Herzog, Todd |
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Veröffentlichung: | New York ; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2009] |
Medientyp: | Monographie |
Datenträgertyp: | Elektronische Ressource |
Umfang: | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781845459055 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781845459055 |
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