Persistence of Race - Continuity Change in Germany From Wilhelmine Empire to National

In histories of the Third Reich, race is a ubiquitous topic, but German society produced a much more complex variety of racial representations over the first part of the twentieth century. This volume explores the hateful depictions of the Nazi era alongside Wilhelmine images of indigenous peoples, revealing race as on object of fascination for Germans across several eras.

About the author

Lara Day is an art and cultural historian who earned her doctorate at the University of Edinburgh. She has written on such topics as the artist Anselm Kiefer, collective guilt, and the Wilhelmine Heimatschutz movement, and is she currently preparing an intellectual biography of Paul Schultze-Naumburg for publication. She works for Artsy in Berlin.

Oliver Haag teaches at the University of Barcelona and is Visiting Professorial Fellow at Queen Mary’s College, Chennai. He is the co-editor of Ngapartji Ngapartji: Reciprocal Engagement (Australian National University Press) and has  authored a special issue of National Identities (Routledge). His scholarship has appeared in Continuum, Aboriginal History, Journal of New Zealand Studies, and Neohelicon, among others.

Product details

• Authors: Lara Haag Day
• Assisted by: Lara Day (Editor), Day Lara (Editor), Oliver Haag (Editor), Haag Oliver (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2024
• EAN: 9781805393344
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-334-4
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social discrimination & inequality, General and world history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Social discrimination and social justice, History: 20th Century to Present, Sociology