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

Crime stories : criminalistic fantasy and the culture of crisis in Weimar Germany / Todd Herzog.

Author/creator	Herzog, Todd
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Description	viii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	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. Crime in literature. German literature--20th century --History and criticism. Modernism (Literature)--Germany --History --20th century. Crime films--Germany --History --20th century. Culture populaire--Allemagne --Histoire --20e siècle. Allemands--Histoire --20e siècle. Criminalité dans la culture populaire--Allemagne --Histoire --20e siècle. Criminels--Allemagne --Histoire --20e siècle. Criminalité dans la littérature. Littérature allemande--20e siècle --Histoire et critique. Modernisme (Littérature)--Allemagne --Histoire --20e siècle. Films criminels--Allemagne --Histoire --20e siècle. Germany--Intellectual life --20th century. Germany--Social conditions --1918-1933. Allemagne--Vie intellectuelle --20e siècle. Allemagne--Conditions sociales --1918-1933.

Series	Monographs in German history ; v. 22 Monographs in German history ; v. 22. ^A534597
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-163) and index.
LCCN	2008052535
ISBN	9781845454395 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1845454391 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DD239 .H48 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold