Crime stories: criminalistic fantasy and the culture of crisis in Weimar Germany

Crime, detection, and German modernism -- Writing criminals : Outsiders of society and the modernist case history -- Understanding criminals : the cases of Ella Klein and Franz Biberkopf -- Seeing criminals : mass murder, mass culture, mass public -- Tracking criminals : the cases of Peter Kürten, F...

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Main Author: Herzog, Todd 1969- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford Berghahn Books 2009
In: Monographs in German history (22)
Year: 2009
Edition:1. ed.
Online Access: Table of Contents
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Popular Culture > Germany > History > 20th century
National characteristics, German > History > 20th century
Crime in popular culture > Germany > History > 20th century
Criminals > Germany > History > 20th century
German Literature > 20th century > History and criticism
Modernism (Literature) > Germany > History > 20th century
Crime films > Germany > History > 20th century
Popular Culture > History > 20th century > Germany
Crime in popular culture > History > 20th century > Germany
Criminals > History > 20th century > Germany
Modernism (Literature) > History > 20th century > Germany
Crime films > History > 20th century > Germany
Crime in literature
Germany > Social conditions > 1918-1933
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century
German Literature > History and criticism > 20th century
Deutschland > Kriminalfall > Kriminalliteratur > Kriminologie > Kultur > Krise > Geschichte 1918-1933
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Summary:Crime, detection, and German modernism -- Writing criminals : Outsiders of society and the modernist case history -- Understanding criminals : the cases of Ella Klein and Franz Biberkopf -- Seeing criminals : mass murder, mass culture, mass public -- Tracking criminals : the cases of Peter Kürten, Franz Bekert, and Emil Tischbein -- Conclusion: Criminalistic fantasy after Weimar
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:VIII, 169 S, Ill., graph. Darst
ISBN:978-1-84545-439-5