Grand illusion : the Third Reich, the Paris exposition, and the cultural seduction of France / Karen Fiss.

Main entry:

Fiss, Karen.

Title & Author:

Grand illusion : the Third Reich, the Paris exposition, and the cultural seduction of France / Karen Fiss.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Description:

285 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages (p. 260-271) and index.
The cultural politics of rapprochement -- The production of the German pavilion -- The reception of Nazi culture -- Franco-German relations in the cinema and the 1937 exposition -- The visual pleasure of mass ornament -- Epilogue: Vichy and the legacy of the 1930s.

Summary:

"Franco-German cultural exchange reached its height at the 1937 Paris World's Fair, where the Third Reich worked to promote an illusion of friendship between the two countries. Through the prism of this decisive event, Grand Illusion examines the overlooked relationships among Nazi elites and French intellectuals. Their interaction, Karen Fiss argues, profoundly influenced cultural production and normalized aspects of fascist ideology in 1930s France, laying the groundwork for the country's eventual collaboration with its German occupiers."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780226251998 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226251993 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226252018 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0226252019 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Paris Weltausstellung (1937)
Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)
Exposition internationale
Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques dans la Vie Moderne 1937 Paris
BMBF-Statusseminar
Nazi propaganda France.
National socialism Foreign public opinion, French.
Propagande nazie France.
International relations
Nazi propaganda
Politics and government
Public opinion, French
Kulturbeziehungen
Nationalsozialismus
Propaganda
Nazism och konst.
France Relations Germany.
Germany Relations France.
Germany Foreign public opinion, French.
France Politics and government 1914-1940.
France Politique et gouvernement 1914-1940.
France
Germany
Frankreich
Deutschland
Frankrike relationer Tyskland 1930-talet.

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Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265611
Call No.: BIB 197074
Status: Available

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