1920s German polarization
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aesthetics of totalitarian regimes
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fascist aesthetics and propaganda
fascist mass mobilization
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fascist uniform symbolism
fashion as political tool
fashion history in politics
German cultural transformation
history of political dress codes
history of political movements
identity construction through clothing
intersection of style and ideology
militarized political aesthetics
nationalist imagery in German press
Nazi paramilitary fashion
Nazi rise to power
performance of power
political branding strategies
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political power and clothing
political radicalization in 1930s
political theater in Germany
politics of appearance
post-WWI instability
psychological impact of political attire
radical politics and design
right-wing populism aesthetics
rise of fascism in Europe
staged unity in fascist movements
symbolism in authoritarian regimes
totalitarian visual rhetoric
uniformity and mass control
uniforms and group identity
uniforms as propaganda
visual history of fascism
visual manipulation in history
visual messaging in totalitarianism
Weimar Germany politics
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- ISBN 9781625346056
- Weight: 292g
- Dimensions: 149 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2021
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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During the era of the Weimar Republic, Germany was characterized by deep contradictions and polarizations. New, progressive social mores and artistic developments mixed uneasily with growing reactionary politics. When the 1929 stock market crash produced a severe economic shock, voters began to shift their allegiances from the parties of the center to radicals on both the left and the right. By 1933, amidst crisis and chaos, the Nazis had taken over.
In The Honor Dress of the Movement, Torsten Homberger contends that the brown-shirted Stormtrooper uniform was central to Hitler's rise to power. By analyzing its design and marketing, he investigates how Nazi leaders used it to project a distinct political and military persona that was simultaneously violent and orderly, retrograde and modern—a dual image that proved popular with the German people and was key to the Nazis' political success. Based on a wealth of sources that includes literature, films, and newspapers of the era, Homberger exhibits how the Nazis shaped and used material culture to destroy democracy.
In The Honor Dress of the Movement, Torsten Homberger contends that the brown-shirted Stormtrooper uniform was central to Hitler's rise to power. By analyzing its design and marketing, he investigates how Nazi leaders used it to project a distinct political and military persona that was simultaneously violent and orderly, retrograde and modern—a dual image that proved popular with the German people and was key to the Nazis' political success. Based on a wealth of sources that includes literature, films, and newspapers of the era, Homberger exhibits how the Nazis shaped and used material culture to destroy democracy.
