Between Mass Death and Individual Loss
The Place of the Dead in Twentieth-Century Germany
Nonfiction, History, Germany, Modern, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780857450517 | |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | July 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780857450517 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | July 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
Recent years have witnessed growing scholarly interest in the history of death. Increasing academic attention toward death as a historical subject in its own right is very much linked to its pre-eminent place in 20th-century history, and Germany, predictably, occupies a special place in these inquiries. This collection of essays explores how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. It contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third Reich.
Recent years have witnessed growing scholarly interest in the history of death. Increasing academic attention toward death as a historical subject in its own right is very much linked to its pre-eminent place in 20th-century history, and Germany, predictably, occupies a special place in these inquiries. This collection of essays explores how German mourning changed over the 20th century in different contexts, with a particular view to how death was linked to larger issues of social order and cultural self-understanding. It contributes to a history of death in 20th-century Germany that does not begin and end with the Third Reich.
