Lovable Crooks and Loathsome Jews

Antisemitism in German and Austrian Crime Writing Before the World Wars

T.S. Kord (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

347 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7012-6 (ISBN)

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In the years leading up to the World Wars, Germany and Austria saw an unprecedented increase in the study and depiction of the criminal. Science, journalism and crime fiction were obsessed with delinquents while ignoring the social causes of crime. As criminologists measured criminals' heads and debated biological predestination, court reporters and crime writers wrote side-splitting or heart-rending stories featuring one of the most popular characters ever created--the hilarious or piteous crook. The author examines the figure of the crook and notions of "Jewish" criminality in a range of antisemitic writing, from Nazi propaganda to court reporting to forgotten classics of crime fiction.

T.S. Kord is a professor at University College London, the author of ten books and the recipient of six major awards for her writing. She lives in London.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Settings

Criminals and Mass Men in Pre-Totalitarian Peace Time

Characters: Crime Theories

Compulsion v. Conspiracy: German and Jewish Criminals

in Criminology (1890s–1914)

Incorrigibles v. Inferiors: German and Jewish Criminals

Criminal Biology (1919–1939)

Conflicts: Crime Cases

A Conman Plays a Captain: The Case of Wilhelm Voigt

(Berlin, 1906)

A Conwoman Nabs a Captain: The Case of Tamara von

Hervay (Leoben, Austria, 1904)

A Tale of Two Thieves: The Case of Franz and Erich Sass

(Berlin, 1920s)

A Tale of Two Editors: The Case of Hugo Bettauer and

Rudolf Olden (Vienna, 1920s)

Plots: Crime Stories

Tragic Criminals and Farcical Justice (1890s–1914)

Farcical Criminals or Tragic Victims (1926–1939)

Resolutions?

Neverending Stories (1950–2001)

Chapter Notes

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2018
Zusatzinfo	56 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4766-7012-9 / 1476670129
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7012-6 / 9781476670126
Zustand	Neuware