| The Swastika: Constructing the Symbol Contributor(s): Quinn, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415756332 ISBN-13: 9780415756334 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Psychology - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities |
| Dewey: 302.222 |
| Series: Material Cultures |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite the enormous amount of material on the subject of Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. This original and controversial contribution examines the role that the swastika played in the construction of the Aryan myth in the nineteenth century, and its use in Nazi ideology as a symbol of party, nation and race, treating it as symbolic phenomenon in a cultural context. By identifying the swastika as a boundary or liminal image, Malcolm Quinn allies visual anaysis to issues of material culture and history. |