Dagmar Barnouw

Germany 1945 (eBook, ePUB)

Views of War and Violence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253028426
• Artikelnr.: 47465446

Autorenporträt

Dagmar Barnouw was Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of Southern California, until her sudden death in May 2008. Her books include Weimar Intellectuals and the Threat of Modernity (IUP, 1988) and Naipaul's Strangers (IUP, 2003), among other books of cultural criticism.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Views of War and Violence
1. Views of the Past: Memory and Historical Evidence
2. To Make Them See: Photography, Identification, and Identity
3. The Quality of Citory and the "German Question": The Signal Corps
Photography Album and Life Photo-Essays
4. What They Saw: Germany 1945 and Allied Photographers
5. Words and Images: German Questions
Notes
Index