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The culture of the case : madness, crime, and justice in modern German art

How artists in twentieth-century Germany adapted the idea of the medical or legal case as an artistic strategy to push to the fore sexualities, scandals, and crimes that were otherwise concealed.In early twentieth-century Germany, the artistic avant-garde borrowed procedures from the medical and jur...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Frederic J. (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press , [2023]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author Notes:Frederic J. Schwartz
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