Gerwin Strobl

The Swastika and the Stage

German Theatre and Society, 1933 1945

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the origins of Nazi theatre and the role of theatre in German national life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 727g
• ISBN-13: 9780521880763
• ISBN-10: 0521880769
• Artikelnr.: 26184687

Autorenporträt

Gerwin Strobl is Lecturer in Modern History at Cardiff University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Weimar: politics in the playhouse
2. Visions of national rebirth: Völkisch theatre reform
3. The uses of the past: from the Thingspiel to the Nazi history plays
4. Stages of aggression: theatre and the 'ethnic struggle'
5. 'The stream of heredity': theatre in the racial state
6. The faith of our forefathers: theatre and the Nazi assault on Christianity
7. The manacled muse: theatre and political domination
8. 'The final redoubt': theatre and propaganda
9. The age of Mephistopheles: theatre and power
Conclusion.