'Trash,' Censorship, and National Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Germany

Nonfiction, History, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book 'Trash,' Censorship, and National Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Germany by Kara L. Ritzheimer, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kara L. Ritzheimer ISBN: 9781316719008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: June 24, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Kara L. Ritzheimer
ISBN: 9781316719008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: June 24, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Convinced that sexual immorality and unstable gender norms were endangering national recovery after World War One, German lawmakers drafted a constitution in 1919 legalizing the censorship of movies and pulp fiction, and prioritizing social rights over individual rights. These provisions enabled legislations to adopt two national censorship laws intended to regulate the movie industry and retail trade in pulp fiction. Both laws had their ideological origins in grass-roots anti-'trash' campaigns inspired by early encounters with commercial mass culture and Germany's federalist structure. Before the war, activists characterized censorship as a form of youth protection. Afterwards, they described it as a form of social welfare. Local activists and authorities enforcing the decisions of federal censors made censorship familiar and respectable even as these laws became a lightning rod for criticism of the young republic. Nazi leaders subsequently refashioned anti-'trash' rhetoric to justify the stringent censorship regime they imposed on Germany.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Convinced that sexual immorality and unstable gender norms were endangering national recovery after World War One, German lawmakers drafted a constitution in 1919 legalizing the censorship of movies and pulp fiction, and prioritizing social rights over individual rights. These provisions enabled legislations to adopt two national censorship laws intended to regulate the movie industry and retail trade in pulp fiction. Both laws had their ideological origins in grass-roots anti-'trash' campaigns inspired by early encounters with commercial mass culture and Germany's federalist structure. Before the war, activists characterized censorship as a form of youth protection. Afterwards, they described it as a form of social welfare. Local activists and authorities enforcing the decisions of federal censors made censorship familiar and respectable even as these laws became a lightning rod for criticism of the young republic. Nazi leaders subsequently refashioned anti-'trash' rhetoric to justify the stringent censorship regime they imposed on Germany.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book West Germany and the Global Sixties by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Soils by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book The Forgotten Diaspora by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Perfecting Parliament by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book The Aesthetics of Emotion by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Groups, Languages and Automata by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Women and Mass Consumer Society in Postwar France by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book The Politics of Human Rights in Australia by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Manuscript Circulation and the Invention of Politics in Early Stuart England by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Christian Law by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Graphene by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Services Liberalization in the EU and the WTO by Kara L. Ritzheimer
Cover of the book Terahertz Physics by Kara L. Ritzheimer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy