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DEFA at the crossroads of East German and international film culture : a companion / edited by Marc Silberman, Henning Wrage.
LIBRA PN1999.D4 D335 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Companions to contemporary German culture ; 4.
- Companions to contemporary German culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- DEFA--History.
- DEFA.
- Motion picture industry--Germany (East)--History.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion pictures--Germany (East)--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects.
- History.
- Germany (East).
- Motion pictures--Political aspects--Germany (East).
- Motion pictures--Political aspects.
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects--Germany (East).
- Genre:
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 346 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Deutsche film-aktiengesellschaft at the crossroads of East German and international film culture
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
- Summary:
- Although East Germany may have seemed like an island during the Cold War, films produced by DEFA were never just a monologue but in constant dialogue, if not competition, with both the capitalist West and socialist East. This volume reshapes DEFA cinema studies by exploring international networks, identifying lines of influence beyond national boundaries and recognizing genre qualities that surpass the temporal and spatial confines of the state. The Series: Companions to Contemporary German Culture, The series offers lively, comprehensive accounts of contemporary German culture written by experts and designed for advanced student readers and scholars alike. Both in monographs and closely-defined edited collections, it aims to introduce major authors, thinkers, filmmakers, literary topics, genres and landmark individual works, focusing on the period since 1989 but reaching back, where appropriate, to the vital hinterland of the 1970s. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Extending the Socialist Collective
- Chapter 1 Cinema and Socialist Modernity / Hunter Bivens Bivens, Hunter 25
- Chapter 2 Emplotting Antifascism: Heroes, Scoundrels, Traitors / Manuel Köppen Köppen, Manuel 45
- Chapter 3 Divided Loyalties: Technocrats and the Working Class in DEFA Films / Barton Byg Byg, Barton 67
- Chapter 4 Representations of Art and the Artist in East German Cinema / Seán Allan Allan, Seán 87
- Chapter 5 Family Feelings: Kinship, Gender and Social Utopia in DEFA Film / Anke Pinkert Pinkert, Anke 107
- Part II Expanding the Reach of Entertainment
- Chapter 6 Not Only Entertainment: Sights and Sounds of the DEFA Music Film / Stefan Soldovieri Soldovieri, Stefan 133
- Chapter 7 The Trail Runs Cold: DEFA's Crime Films / Brad Prager Prager, Brad 157
- Chapter 8 A Late Genre Fade: Utopianism and its Twilight in DEFA's Science Fiction, Literary and Western Films / Jaimey Fisher Fisher, Jaimey 177
- Chapter 9 Public Figures, Political Symbols, Famous Stars: Actors in DEFA Cinema and Beyond / Sabine Hake Hake, Sabine 197
- Part III Enlarging the Map
- Chapter 10 'Wind from the East': DEFA and Eastern European Cinema / Larson Powell Powell, Larson 223
- Chapter 11 DEFA Children's Films: Not Just for Children / Benita Blessing Blessing, Benita 243
- Chapter 12 DEFA Films for the Youth: National Paradigms, International Influences / Henning Wrage Wrage, Henning 263
- Chapter 13 Alternative Realities and Authenticity in DEFA's Documentary Films / Nick Hodgin Hodgin, Nick 281.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110273441
- 3110273446
- OCLC:
- 862761602
- Online:
- Inhaltstext
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