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008 110201s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aDD256.6$b.P54 2011
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084 $aHIS014000$aHIS037070$aHIS054000$aPOL029000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aPleasure and power in Nazi Germany /$cedited by Corey Ross, Pamela Swett, Fabrice d'Almeida.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $axii, 307 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Although we associate the Third Reich above all with suffering, pain, and fear, pleasure played a central role in its social and cultural dynamics. This book explores the relationship between the rationing of pleasures as a means of political stabilization and the pressure on the Nazi regime to cater to popular cultural expectations"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPleasure and power in Nazi Germany : an introduction / P.E. Swett, C. Ross & F. d'Almeida -- pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. 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.
651 0 $aGermany$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
651 0 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945.
651 0 $aGermany$xHistory$y1933-1945.
650 0 $aPleasure$xSocial aspects$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmusements$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPolitical stability$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences)$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSocial control$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Germany$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aRoss, Corey,$d1969-
700 1 $aSwett, Pamela E.,$d1970-
700 1 $aAlmeida, Fabrice d'