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The Threat and Allure of the Magical : Selected Papers from the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University of California, Berkeley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (143 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443865869
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Threat and Allure of the MagicalDDC classification:
  • 830.9
LOC classification:
  • PT236 -- .A568 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- EDITORS' FOREWORD -- PURSUING THE INSIDE OTHER -- NAZI PERCEPTIONS OF ESOTERICISM -- SNOW WHITE'S TAINTED LOVE -- MARVELLOUS MECHANICAL MARIONETTES -- THE NARRATIVE COLLAPSE OF REALITY, AND GRASPING- -- MABUSE'S MAGICAL MEDIA, AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE SPECTACLE.
Summary: This collection of essays is borne out of the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. The essays gathered here cover a broad range of topics moving from intersections between the occult and the political, to the entanglement of conceptions of the magical, modernity, media, and aesthetics. The first two essays primarily rely on historical analysis and present a wealth of original research. One chronicles the construction of the witch.
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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- EDITORS' FOREWORD -- PURSUING THE INSIDE OTHER -- NAZI PERCEPTIONS OF ESOTERICISM -- SNOW WHITE'S TAINTED LOVE -- MARVELLOUS MECHANICAL MARIONETTES -- THE NARRATIVE COLLAPSE OF REALITY, AND GRASPING- -- MABUSE'S MAGICAL MEDIA, AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE SPECTACLE.

This collection of essays is borne out of the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. The essays gathered here cover a broad range of topics moving from intersections between the occult and the political, to the entanglement of conceptions of the magical, modernity, media, and aesthetics. The first two essays primarily rely on historical analysis and present a wealth of original research. One chronicles the construction of the witch.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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