Reading Germany: Literature and Consumer Culture in Germany Before 1933

by Gideon Reuveni

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By closely examining the interaction between intellectual and material culture in the period before the Nazis came to power in Germany, the author comes to the conclusion that, contrary to widely held assumptions, consumer culture in the Weimar period, far from undermining reading, used reading culture to enhance its goods and values. Reading material was marked as a consumer good, while reading as an activity, raising expectations as it did,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1845450876

ISBN13:9781845450878

Release Date:December 2005

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.33 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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