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Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts
Sean Allan (Ed.)
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Description for Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts
Hardback. In this stimulating collection, leading international experts assess this vibrant landscape and plot an ambitious course for future research that considers other cinematic traditions, genre works, and DEFA's post-unification "afterlife." Editor(s): Allan, Sean; Heiduschke, Sebastian. Num Pages: 372 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
By the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, the cinema of the German Democratic Republic-to the extent it was considered at all-was widely regarded as a footnote to European film history, with little of enduring value. Since then, interest in East German cinema has exploded, inspiring innumerable festivals, books, and exhibits on the GDR's rich and varied filmic output. In Re-Imagining DEFA, leading international experts take stock of this vibrant landscape and plot an ambitious course for future research, one that considers other cinematic traditions, brings genre and popular works into the fold, and encompasses DEFA's complex post-unification afterlife.
By the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, the cinema of the German Democratic Republic-to the extent it was considered at all-was widely regarded as a footnote to European film history, with little of enduring value. Since then, interest in East German cinema has exploded, inspiring innumerable festivals, books, and exhibits on the GDR's rich and varied filmic output. In Re-Imagining DEFA, leading international experts take stock of this vibrant landscape and plot an ambitious course for future research, one that considers other cinematic traditions, brings genre and popular works into the fold, and encompasses DEFA's complex post-unification afterlife.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
378
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331077
SKU
V9781785331077
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About Sean Allan (Ed.)
Sean Allan is Professor of German at the University of St Andrews. He is co-editor (with John Sandford) of DEFA: East German Cinema, 1946-1992 (1999), and has published widely on the films of Konrad Wolf, Kurt Maetzig and Jurgen Boettcher, and on East German identity in post-unification cinema. Sebastian Heiduschke is Associate Professor in the School of ... Read more
Reviews for Re-Imagining DEFA: East German Cinema in its National and Transnational Contexts
Taken together, the essays [by a diverse group of international scholars] create a coherent whole representing the richness of film production before, during, and after DEFA (Deutsche Film Aktiengesellschaft), the state-owned East German film production company at the loose center of this [useful and compelling] collection. Choice