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Post-Wall German Cinema and National History (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Mary-Elizabeth O´brien
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Description for Post-Wall German Cinema and National History (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Paperback. German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Since unification, a radical shift has taken place in Germans' view of their country's immediate past, with 1989 replacing 1945 as the primary caesura. The cold-war division, the failed socialist state, the '68 student movement, and the Red Army Faction -- historical flashpoints involving political oppression, civil disobedience, and the longing for utopian solutions to social injustice -- have come to be seen as decisive moments in a collective history that unites East and West even as it divides them. Telling ... Read more
German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Since unification, a radical shift has taken place in Germans' view of their country's immediate past, with 1989 replacing 1945 as the primary caesura. The cold-war division, the failed socialist state, the '68 student movement, and the Red Army Faction -- historical flashpoints involving political oppression, civil disobedience, and the longing for utopian solutions to social injustice -- have come to be seen as decisive moments in a collective history that unites East and West even as it divides them. Telling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135964
SKU
V9781571135964
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About Mary-Elizabeth O´brien
Skidmore College
Reviews for Post-Wall German Cinema and National History (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
O'Brien successfully points to cinematic trends and shifts and highlights the thematic interplay between individual historic events and their cultural conversions. . . . O'Brien's study of post-Wall cinema provides thorough and thought-provoking readings of history films and convincingly presents utopianism and dissent as core concepts in the current debates about German national identity.
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