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Modernist magazines and the social ideal

Summary: "The new photo-illustrated magazines of the 1920s traded in images of an ideal modernity, promising motorised leisure, scientific progress, and social and sexual emancipation. This is a pioneering history of these periodicals, focusing on two of the leading European titles: the German monthly UHU, and the French news journal VU. This book is the first major study of UHU, and the first scholarly work on VU in English. Modernist Magazines and the Social Ideal provides synoptic accounts of interwar magazine culture, followed by detailed case studies of UHU and VU, as representative of the broad class of popular titles launched in the 1920s. Comparisons and contrasts with rival publications are woven into the book's thematic chapters, which describe the evolution of the two magazines' photography in the tumultuous years up to 1933. A final chapter considers the visual culture of popular magazines in the era of Nazism and the Popular Front"--

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ISBN: 9781501341618
ISBN: 9781501341601
ISBN: 150134160X
ISBN: 9781501341632
ISBN: 9781501341625
ISBN: 9781501341618
ISBN: 1501341634
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ISBN: 1501341618
Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: London [England] : Bloomsbury, 2020.
Distributor: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.april.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Social Modernism -- The Beautiful World: UHU Magazine, 1924-30 -- The Crisis of Modernity: VU Magazine, 1930-33 -- Epilogue: Modern Pages.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.