Cinema and social change in Germany and Austria / Gabriele Mueller and James M. Skidmore, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skidmore, James Martin, 1961-

Mueller, Gabriele

Series:

Film + media studies

Film and media studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--Germany--History--21st century.

Motion picture industry.

Motion picture industry--Austria--History--21st century.

Motion pictures--Germany--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Austria--History--21st century.

Motion pictures and globalization--Germany.

Motion pictures and globalization.

Motion pictures and globalization--Austria.

Social change in motion pictures.

History.

Austria.

Germany.

Physical Description:

ix, 302 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Mueller (German studies, York U., Canada) and Skidmore (German literature, film, and cultural studies, U. of Waterloo, Canada) provide the introductory chapter framing the subjects addressed more specifically in the 14 contributions that follow. Academics based in Europe and North America offer close analyses of particular films and what they say about the dramatic social and cultural changes currently under way. The articles are arranged under the following broad themes: challenging viewing habits, reassessing and consuming history, questioning collective identities; and an insider's view. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Cinema of Dissent? Confronting Social, Economic, and Political Change in German-Language Cinema / Gabriele Mueller Mueller, Gabriele, James M. Skidmore Skidmore, James M. 1

Challenging Viewing Habits

2 The Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School / Marco Abel Abel, Marco 25

3 The Triumph of Hyperreality: A Baudrillardian Reading of Michael Haneke's Cinematic Oeuvre / Sophie Boyer Boyer, Sophie 43

4 Subversions of the Medical Gaze: Disability and Media Parody in Christoph Schlingensiefs Freakstars 3000 / Morgan Koerner Koerner, Morgan 59

Reassessing and Consuming History

5 Literary Discourse and Cinematic Narrative: Scripting Affect in Das Leben der Anderen / Roger Cook Cook, Roger 79

6 Heimat 3: Edgar Reitz's Time Machine / Alasdair King King, Alasdair 97

7 Troubled Parents, Angry Children: The Difficult Legacy of 1968 in Contemporary German-Language Film / Joanne Leal Leal, Joanne 115

8 Creative Chaos as Political Strategy in Recent German-Language Cinema / Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth 133

9 "Looking for an Old Man with a Black Moustache": Hitler, Humour, Fake, and Forgery in Schtonk! / Florentine Strzelczyk Strzelczyk, Florentine 155

10 Haha Hitler! Coming to Terms with Dani Levy / Peter Gölz Gölz, Peter 173

Questioning Collective Identities

11 German Fascination for Jews in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Jude / Myriam Léger Léger, Myriam 191

12 Border, Bridge, or Barrier? Images of German-Polish Borderlands in German Cinema of the 2000s / Jakub Kazecki Kazecki, Jakub 207

13 The Transnational Deutschkei in Yilmaz Arslan's Brudermorrd / Michael Zimmermann Zimmermann, Michael 225

14 Diasporic Queers: Reading for the Intersections of Alterities in Recent German Cinema / Alice Kuzniar Kuzniar, Alice 245

An Insider's View

15 The Construction of Reality: Aspects of Austrian Cinema between Fiction and Documentary / Barbara Pichler Pichler, Barbara 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages 283-286), and index.

ISBN:

9781554582259

1554582253

OCLC:

723413315