Culture in dark times : Nazi fascism, inner emigration, and exile / Jost Hermand ; translated by Victoria W. Hill.

"German-language edition c2010 Böhlau Verlag ... [as] Kultur in finsteren Zeiten : Nazifaschismus, Innere Emigration, Exil"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Three Claims to Cultural Representation -- [1]. Nazi Fascism -- Cultural-Political Preconditions -- Enemy Stereotypes -- Stated Objectives -- The Ideal of an "Eternally German" Culture -- Approaches to Practical Implementation -- Consequences for the Arts -- Architecture -- Painting and Sculpture -- Music -- Literature -- Theater -- Radio, Film, and the Press -- Class-Specific Successes of National Socialist Cultural Policies -- [2]. Inner Emigration -- Between Aversion and Accommodation -- Forms of Artistic Expression -- Literature -- Painting and Sculpture -- Music -- [3]. Exile -- Fragmentation of the German Exile Community -- Places of Refuge -- Possibilities for an Effective Antifascism -- Consequences for the Arts -- Literature -- Theater -- Film -- Painting, Graphic Art, and Photomontage -- Music -- Visions of a "Liberated" Culture in Post-Fascist Germany.