Berlin Alexanderplatz
Subtitle: radio, film, and the death of Weimar culture
By: Peter Jelavich.
Series: Weimar and now ;; 37
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957; Radio broadcasting -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Motion pictures -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933; Germany -- Intellectual life -- 1918-1933
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The novel: Berlin Alexanderplatz; title: Subjectivity in the city; title: Media make the city; title: Biberkopf in Berlin; title: Politics and censorship at the "Berlin Radio Hour"; title: The origins of public broadcasting in Germany; title: The politics of "non-partisan" radio; title: From "neutrality" to pluralism; title: Cultural programming and the radio play; title: Kultur without end; title: In search of radio art; title: Early radio plays; title: The radio play: The story of Franz Biberkopf; title: Döblin's radio plays; title: Acoustic experiments and polyvocality; title: The Nazi scare: "Fear psychosis" grips the airwaves; title: Film censorship in the Weimar era; title: Political parameters of cinematic expression; title: Detractors and defenders of censorship; title: The business of filmmaking; title: Nazi threats to film; title: The assault on All Quiet on the Western Front; title: The republic capitulates; title: "The unleashed avalanche"; title: The film: Berlin Alexanderplatz; title: Authors and film: a fraught relationship; title: Cinematic Berlin: Phil Jutzi and Walter Ruttmann; title: The filming of Berlin Alexanderplatz.