@article{931378,
      recid = {931378},
      author = {Knapp, Marcela.},
      title = {Cultural controversies in the West German public sphere :  aesthetic fiction and the creation of social identities /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (336 pages)},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {This book develops a theory of aesthetic fictions impact  on social identities. Throughout five case studies, the  author develops the argument that social identities are  nurtured by and may even emerge through the conflict  between different aesthetic expressions. As it creates  affective structures, narrative fiction enables the  development and formation of political and cultural  identities. This work is part of a field of research that  deals with the aesthetics of the everyday and the idea of  social aesthetics. It argues for a central role for the  arts in the creation and formation of modern society.  Social identities emerge in response to aesthetic-sensual  patterns of perception. Focusing on five West German public  debates in the years 1950 to 1990, this work sheds light  upon the transformation of social reality through the  discursive adaption of art. Dr. Marcela Knapp is a cultural  sociologist. She lives and works in Berlin.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/931378},
}