Germany 1945 (eBook)

Views of War and Violence

Dagmar Barnouw (Autor)

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2008
280 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02842-6 (ISBN)

Infos

“Packed with carefully chosen photos . . . this book is a moving reminder of the material and moral devastation left behind by Nazi Germany.” -Rudy Koshar, University of Wisconsin–Madison   The Allied forces that entered Germany at the close of World War II were looking for remorse and open admissions of guilt from the Germans. Instead, they saw arrogance, servility, and a population thoroughly brainwashed by Nazis. But photos from the period tell a more complex story. In fact, Dagmar Barnouw argues that postwar Allied and German photography holds many possible clues for understanding the recent German past. A significant addition to the scholarship on postwar German culture and political identity, this book makes an important contribution to the current discussion of German memory.   “Provocative, brilliant, and unsettling.” —Washington Times   “[Barnouw’s] thoughtful analysis of a large assortment of photographs . . . allows Barnouw to look at how and not just what people saw, and to bring that perspective into conversation with the historical debates about the war’s end in Germany.” —Journal of Contemporary History)   “[Barnouw’s] work shows that perspective plays a key role both in photography and in trying to master Germany’s past. [F]ascinating.” —Library Journal

Autor

D.B. is Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, and author of Weimar Intellectuals and the Threat of Modernity (Indiana University Press, 1988), Visible Spaces: Hannah Arendt and the German-Jewish Experience (1990), Critical Realism: History, Photography, and the Work of Siegfried Kracauer (1994), Germany 1945 Views of War and Violence (Indiana University Press, 1997, Naipaul's Strangers (Indiana University Press, 2003) and other books of cultural criticism.

Inhalt

List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Views of War and Violence1. Views of the Past: Memory and Historical Evidence2. To Make Them See: Photography, Identification, and Identity3. The Quality of Citory and the "German Question": The Signal Corps Photography Album and Life Photo-Essays4. What They Saw: Germany 1945 and Allied Photographers5. Words and Images: German QuestionsNotesIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.8.2008
• Zusatzinfo: 128 b&w photos
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Gewicht: 31 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Art and Photography • Cultural Studies • Europe • History • photography • Twentieth Century or Later
• ISBN-10: 0-253-02842-6 / 0253028426
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02842-6 / 9780253028426