From Library Journal
Kracauer, a leading cultural critic in the Germany of the turbulent 1920s and early 1930s, shows himself in these essays to be a wide-ranging and penetrating interpreter of the everyday life of this era. The essays expand on his insights into such themes as modernity, isolation, and alienation, urban culture, and the relation between the group and the individual. For Kracauer, the most revealing facets of modern life are the ephemeral and the marginal. Thus, he explores such topics as shopping arcades, hotel lobbies, best-selling books and their readers, the cinema, and photography. The writing is often convoluted. Suitable for academic libraries with collections on modern culture.?Harry Frumerman, formerly with Hunter Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
