Monsters in the mirror : representations of Nazism in post-war popular culture
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Monsters in the mirror : representations of Nazism in post-war popular culture
Praeger, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of postwar representations of Nazism in popular culture, documenting and critiquing their enormous impact and importance.
From Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator to the depiction of Nazis in the Raiders of the Lost Ark to other various literature, comic books, video games, television programs, and pop music, Nazism has maintained a constant presence in popular culture after World War II. Why are representations of Nazism—which are often used to depict the ultimate expression of human evil—so entrenched in our culture?
Each chapter in this book examines this multifaceted topic from different angles, highlighting the different incidences of Nazistic representations in the post-1945 period. The diverse subject matter in this text ranges from analysis of recent allo-historical novels, to the music of the "neo-folk" movement, to fetishes and pornography. Readers will gain insight on how the imagery and symbology of Nazism in popular culture has changed over time and understand how the disconnect between representations of Nazism and the historical record have developed, particularly with regard to the genocide that resulted from Nazi politics.
Table of Contents
Illustrations and Tables,
Acknowledgments,
Introduction: The Mundanity of Evil: Everyday Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture,
Maartje Abbenhuis and Sara Buttsworth
Chapter 1
The "What Ifs?" of Nazism: Recent Alternate Histories of the Third Reich,
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Chapter 2
Hitler as Our Devil?: Nazi Germany in Mainstream Media,
Eva Kingsepp
Chapter 3
From Satan to Hitler: Theological and Historical Evil in C. S. Lewis, Philip Pullman, and J. K. Rowling,
Sarah Fiona Winters
Chapter 4
Hitler Is Fun: Sixty Years of Nazism in Humorous Comics,
Marc Hieronimus
Chapter 5
Holocaust Pornography: Profaning the Sacred in Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS,
Lynn Rapaport
Chapter 6
Wonder Woman against the Nazis: Gendering Villainy in DC Comics,
Ruth McClelland-Nugent
Chapter 7
Conspirator or Collaborator? Nazi Arab Villainy in Popular Fiction,
Ahmed Khalid Al-Rawi
Chapter 8
"Evil's Spreading, Sir—and It's Not Just Over There!": Nazism in Buffy and Angel,
Cynthea Masson
Chapter 9
"Keep Feeling Fasci/nation": Neofolk and the Search for Europe,
Emily Turner-Graham
Chapter 10
Where Does Evil Sit in the Classroom? Problematizing Teaching about Hitler, Nasty Nazis, and the Holocaust,
Claire M. Hall
Chapter 11
From Hagiography to Iconoclasm: The Nazi Magazine Signal and Its Mediations,
Brigitte Sion
Contributors,
Index,
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