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In light of the recent rise of right-wing populism in numerous political contexts and in the face of resurgent nationalism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and demagoguery, this book investigates how historical and contemporary cultural producers have sought to resist, confront, confound, mock, or call out situations of political oppression in Germany, a country which has seen a dramatic range of political extremes during the past century. While the current turn to nationalist populism is global, it is perhaps most disturbing in Germany, given its history with its stormy first democracy in the interwar Weimar Republic; its infamous National Socialist (Nazi) period of the 1930s and 1940s; and i...
A study of the prints of Robert Motherwell, covering the years 1943 to 1991. This fourth edition is based on research and scholarship. In addition to cataloguing more than 500 prints in virtually every medium, it includes an essay on Motherwell's print-making, an illustrated chronology, concordance, bibliography and exhibition history. 500 colour & 100 b/w illustrations
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER II EUROPEAN BACKGROUND, 1525-1874 -- Anabaptism and Early Migration -- The Prussian Mennonite Church -- Settlement in Russia -- Life in Russia -- Economic Development -- Education -- The Church -- CHAPTER II - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER III IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND SETTLEMENT IN KANSAS -- Causes of Immigration -- Establishing New Communities -- The Local Church -- CHAPTER III - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER IV THE LANGUAGE TRANSITION -- The Role of the German Language -- Fa...