1920er Jahre. 100 Seiten

Where does the fascination for swing, Coco Chanel, and Gatsby parties come from, for the Roaring Twenties with their music and spirit? Perhaps it is because the 1920s have much in common with our present – from the influence of the global economy on individual lives to the significance of popular culture and political polarization. Jens Wietschorke delves into the allure of the 1920s and compellingly narrates an era where bold modern dreams, hedonism, nostalgia, and violence collided. Almost everyone associates something with this time: jazz and swing, Cole Porter and Josephine Baker, Jean Cocteau and Gertrude Stein, Magnus Hirschfeld and Marlene Dietrich, Dada, Expressionism, and Berlin Alexanderplatz, Lenin, Hindenburg, and Mussolini.