Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany [electronic resource] /
Swett, P.editor.
Ross, C.editor.
d'Almeida, F.editor.
Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Pleasure and Power in Nazi Germany: An Introduction; Part I Consumption and the Privileges of Pleasure; 2 Driving, Shopping and Smoking: The Society for Consumer Research and the Politics of Pleasure in Nazi Germany; 3 Selling Sexual Pleasure in 1930s Germany; 4 Luxury and Distinction under National Socialism; Part II Entertainments and the Aesthetics of Pleasure; 5 The Structure of Aesthetic Pleasure in the Nazi Reception of Goethe's Faust
6 'German Humour' in Books: The Attractiveness and Political Significance of Laughterduring the Nazi Era7 Pleasure, Practicality and Propaganda: Popular Magazinesin Nazi Germany, 1933-1939; 8 Radio, Film and Morale: Wartime Entertainment between Mobilization and Distraction; Part III The Pleasures of Community and Consensus; 9 Seeing the World: Photography, Photojournalism and Visual Pleasure in the Third Reich; 10 The Pleasures of being a 'Political Soldier': Nazi Functionaries and Their Service to the 'Movement'; 11 The Pleasure of Terror: Belonging through Genocide
12 The Pleasures of Opposition: Leisure, Solidarity and Resistance of a Life-Reform GroupBibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
Political sociology.
World politics.
European History.
Modern History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Political Sociology.
Political History.