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Author:   P. Swett ,  C. Ross ,  F. d’Almeida
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.609kg
ISBN:  

9780230271685

ISBN 10:   0230271685
Pages:   307
Publication Date:   12 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany: An Introduction; P.E.Swett, C.Ross & F.d'Almeida PART I: 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 PART II: 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 PART III: 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 Bibliography Index

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'Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany makes a major contribution to debates on the problem of popular consent in the Third Reich. Its exploration of private and communal pleasures provides a new lens through which to explore the complicated and subtle relationships between the Nazi regime and its citizens, including those it sought to marginalize or eliminate. The editors' arguments regarding the diverse sites of 'pleasure' is exemplary, and the essays themselves are well written and trenchant. This book will attract a lot of attention.' - Shelley Baranowski, University of Akron, USA

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FABRICE D'ALMEIDA Professor of Contemporary History, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), France KARL CHRISTIAN FÜHRER Professor of History, University of Hamburg, Germany ELIZABETH HARVEY Professor of History, the University of Nottingham, UK THOMAS KÜHNE Strassler Professor of Holocaust History, Clark University, UK PATRICK MERZIGER Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, the Free University of Berlin, Germany DANIEL MÜHLENFELD Doctoral Student, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany DAVID PAN Associate Professor of German, the University of California, Irvine, USA MARK ROSEMAN Pat M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History, Indiana University, USA COREY ROSS Professor of Modern History, University of Birmingham, UK PAMELA E. SWETT Associate Professor of History, McMaster University, Canada S. JONATHAN WIESEN Associate Professor of Modern European History, Southern Illinois University, USA

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