Einleitung: Produktionswelten der Massenkultur

Abstract

This thematic issue offers an historical perspective on the cultural economy and creative work by focusing on the production of mass culture fromthe late 19th century to the 1930s. The contributions bring together approaches from cultural sociology as well as social and cultural history to analyze the spheres of production, producers and mediators, working conditions, labor relations and distribution structures in different cultural industries. They investigate the social and spatial organization of the cultural economy within and beyond Germany’s borders to critically assess national perspectives on cultural production and to offer new insights into the social and economic history of German society.

Biographical Note

Antje Dietze (SFB 1199, Leipzig University, Germany)

Antje Dietze studied cultural studies in Leipzig and Paris, earning her PhD in 2012 from Leipzig University for a work on the role of cultural organizations and artistic practice during the post-socialist transition in Germany. As part of her current research she spent 2014/15 as a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) P.R.I.M.E. research fellow at the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at the University of Montreal (Canada). Her research interests include entertainment and the arts, cultural industries, and cultural change within the study of culture and transnational history, focusing particularly on Europe and North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Maren Möhring (SFB 1199, Leipzig University, Germany)

Maren Möhring studied history and German literature in Hamburg and Dublin. She gained a PhD in history from the University Munich and a venia legendi in modern history from the University of Cologne. Her current research interests include the history of modern mass culture and the role of food and health in modern societies.