Unwrapping Goethe's Weimar - Essays in Cultural Studies and Local Knowledge (Hardcover)

A comprehensive reconsideration of the myth of Goethe's Weimar, occasioned by the 1999 celebrations of Goethe's 250th birthday. The 1999 celebrations of Goethe's two hundred and fiftieth birthday and the city's designation as Culture City of Europe give rise to this comprehensive look at the myth of Goethe's Weimar and the ways it has been packaged. Some of the most prominent North American Germanists have delved into archives and forgotten texts to reveal a troubled locus of culture, commodification, and ideological projection. Goethe's presence in Weimar receives new currency inexplorations of consumer culture and the fashioning of bourgois taste; women artists and the market; portrait busts and their display practices; Anna Amalia and musical collaboration; masquerades and cross-dressing; Goechhausen and the Weimar Grotesque; Goethe's views on soldiering and acting; propaganda and human rights.

General

Imprint:	Camden House
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Burkhard Henke (Author) • Susanne Kord • Simon Richter (Customer)
Contributors:	Annie Janiero Randall (Contributor) • Burkhard Henke (Author) • Catriona MacLeod (Contributor) • Daniel Purdy (Contributor) • Elisabeth Krimmer (Series Editor) • Gert Theile • Karin L. Schutjer (Contributor)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-57113-194-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-57113-194-9
Barcode:	9781571131942

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