Description:
- Interdisciplinary: features essays by scholars in the fields of Art History, German Literature, Film Studies, and History.
- Examines the important connections between political and cultural change during the Weimar era when politics were mediated increasingly through culture and when new cultural formations became increasingly politicized.
- Offers an expansive review of interdisciplinary scholarship on Weimar Germany and defines new questions that arise from the collected essays.
- Features scholars from North America and Europe.
Brief description:
Kathleen Canning is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, Women's Studies, and German at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Languages of Labor and Gender: Female Factory Work in Germany, 1850-1914 (2nd ed., University of Michigan Press 2002) and Gender History in Practice: Historical Perspectives on Bodies, Class, and Citizenship (Cornell University Press 2006). She is currently a board member of Central European History and the Journal of Modern History.
Review Quotes:
"The interpretative and methodological pluralism, which is evident throughout [this volume]is a major strength, rendering the volume ideally suited for graduate courses in modern European and German history. By covering an extraordinary range of topics and analytical perspectives, the book opens up a fascinating panoramic view onto 'the landscapes of ambition and hope, promise and disappointment that galvanized new publics during the Weimar era.'" - Journal of Modern History
"...taken together [these articles] provide an excellent and stimulating introduction to current ways of thinking and writing about the Weimar Republic since the 'cultural turn'. A common theme running through each contribution is the role of individual consciousness and its striving to be heard and expressed in an age when notions of community and collective struggle were also high up on the artistic and political agenda." - German History
"These essays are interesting and useful for the material they present...the efforts it presents in rethinking the existing scholarship and adding new material has much to offer scholars of the Weimar era." - European History Quarterly