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Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria / Gabriele Mueller and James M. Skidmore, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Film and media studies series.
- Film and media studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Austria--History--21st century.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Germany--History--21st century.
- Motion picture industry--Austria--History--21st century.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion picture industry--Germany--History--21st century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec :
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Making the greatest artistic impact since the 1970s, contemporary cinema is responding to questions of globalisation and the effects of societal and economic change on the individual. This book explores this trend by investigating different thematic and aesthetic strategies and alternative methods of film production and distribution.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Cinema of Dissent? Confronting Social, Economic, and Political Change in German-Language Cinema""; ""CHALLENGING VIEWING HABITS""; ""2 The Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School""; ""3 The Triumph of Hyperreality: A Baudrillardian Reading of Michael Haneke�s Cinematic Oeuvre""; ""4 Subversions of the Medical Gaze: Disability and Media Parody in Christoph Schlingensief�s Freakstars 3000""; ""REASSESSING AND CONSUMING HISTORY""
- ""5 Literary Discourse and Cinematic Narrative: Scripting Affect in Das Leben der Anderen""""6 Heimat 3: Edgar Reitz�s Time Machine""; ""7 Troubled Parents, Angry Children: The Difficult Legacy of 1968 in Contemporary German-Language Film""; ""8 Creative Chaos as Political Strategy in Recent German-Language Cinema""; ""9 “Looking for an Old Man with a Black Moustache�: Hitler, Humour, Fake, and Forgery in Schtonk!""; ""10 Haha Hitler! Coming to Terms with Dani Levy""; ""QUESTIONING COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES""
- ""J""""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography (p. 283-286), and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613863089
- 9781554581382
- 1554581389
- 9781283550635
- 1283550636
- 9781554582464
- 1554582466
- OCLC:
- 812837077
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