Contemporary Culture- German Culture
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 28-04-16 13:58
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- Contemporary Culture
- Everyday middle class culture was influential
- By the early 20th Century, writing, music, the theatre etc were sources of income for 100,000 Germans
- Almost all Germans could now read
- However, only 1/5 read journals, magazines or literature.
- 4% of the population read serious German authors like Schiller and Goethe
- The other 16% preferred popular western novels of Karl May
- By 1914, 16 million copies of daily papers were sold in Germany.
- Highly educated Germans were concerned that cultural standards were being eroded.
- Therefore they were critical of mass culture.
- They also didn't like the popular pulp fiction, new forms of entertainment (shows and dance halls), the rise of the cinema and the growth of spectator sports.
- By 1914, there were 2500 cinemas in Germany
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