Topographies Of Class: Modern Architecture And Mass Society In Weimar Berlin (social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany)
by Sabine Hake /
2008 / English / PDF
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In Topographies of Class, Sabine Hake explores why Weimar
Berlin has had such a powerful hold on the urban imagination.
Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective
of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in
which architectural projects; debates; and representations in
literature, photography, and film played a key role in
establishing the terms under which contemporaries made sense of
the rise of white-collar society.
In Topographies of Class, Sabine Hake explores why Weimar
Berlin has had such a powerful hold on the urban imagination.
Approaching Weimar architectural culture from the perspective
of mass discourse and class analysis, Hake examines the way in
which architectural projects; debates; and representations in
literature, photography, and film played a key role in
establishing the terms under which contemporaries made sense of
the rise of white-collar society.
Focusing on the so-called stabilization period, Topographies of
Class maps out complex relationships between modern
architecture and mass society, from Martin Wagner's planning
initiatives and Erich Mendelsohn's functionalist buildings, to
the most famous Berlin texts of the period, Alfred Döblin's
city novel
Focusing on the so-called stabilization period, Topographies of
Class maps out complex relationships between modern
architecture and mass society, from Martin Wagner's planning
initiatives and Erich Mendelsohn's functionalist buildings, to
the most famous Berlin texts of the period, Alfred Döblin's
city novelBerlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) and Walter
Ruttmann's city film
(1929) and Walter
Ruttmann's city filmBerlin, Symphony of the Big City
Berlin, Symphony of the Big City
(1927). Hake draws on critical, philosophical, literary,
photographic, and filmic texts to reconstruct the urban
imagination at a key point in the history of German modernity,
making this the first study---in English or German---to take an
interdisciplinary approach to the rich architectural culture of
Weimar Berlin.
(1927). Hake draws on critical, philosophical, literary,
photographic, and filmic texts to reconstruct the urban
imagination at a key point in the history of German modernity,
making this the first study---in English or German---to take an
interdisciplinary approach to the rich architectural culture of
Weimar Berlin.
Sabine Hake is Professor and Texas Chair of German Literature
and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the
author of numerous books, including
Sabine Hake is Professor and Texas Chair of German Literature
and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the
author of numerous books, includingGerman National
Cinema
German National
Cinema and
andPopular Cinema of the Third Reich
Popular Cinema of the Third Reich.
.
Cover art: Construction of the Karstadt Department Store at
Hermannplatz, Berlin-Neukölln. Courtesy Bildarchiv
Preeussischer Kulturbesitz / Art Resource, NY
Cover art: Construction of the Karstadt Department Store at
Hermannplatz, Berlin-Neukölln. Courtesy Bildarchiv
Preeussischer Kulturbesitz / Art Resource, NY
