Trash, Censorship, and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century - German

A legal and cultural history of censorship, youth protection, and national identity in early twentieth-century Germany.

List of contents

Introduction: censorship in the Rechtsstaat, censorship in the Sozialstaat; 1. Buffalo Bill in Germany: regional encounters with commercial culture before WWI; 2. Federalism and censorship: regulating commercial fiction and movies in Imperial Germany; 3. Censorship in the Rechtsstaat: anti-'trash' rhetoric and national identity in Imperial Germany; 4. Censorship and 'trash' in wartime Germany; 5. Censorship in the Sozialstaat: Weimar's film and publications laws; 6. Censorship, morality, and national identity in Weimar Germany; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Kara L. Ritzheimer is an assistant professor of history at Oregon State University (OSU). She received her Ph.D. from State University of New York, Binghamton and is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a Center for the Humanities Fellowship at OSU, and a Faculty Research Grant from OSU. She has published previously on the topics of censorship and gender in Weimar Germany and has participated in summer seminars hosted by the German History Institute, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Fulbright Commission in Germany. She is a member of the German Studies Association and the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth.

Summary

Lawmakers in Weimar Germany adopted two national censorship laws that regulated movies and pulp fiction. Supporters praised them as a form of social welfare. Critics warned of impending political censorship. This cultural and legal history uncovers these laws' origins and details their impact on the republic and German national identity.

Product details

• Authors: Kara L Ritzheimer, Kara L. Ritzheimer, Kara L. (Oregon State University) Ritzheimer, Ritzheimer Kara L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781107583443
• ISBN: 978-1-107-58344-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Legal History, Human rights, civil rights, Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech