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German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baer, Hester, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminist theory.
- Film criticism.
- Geopolitics.
- Globalization.
- Motion pictures.
- Films.
- Genre:
- Discursive works
- Critical Writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations, including intensified globalization, a restructured world economy, geopolitical realignment, and technological change, all of which have affected cinema in fundamental ways. Rethinking the conventional periodization of German film history, Baer posits 1980-rather than 1989-as a crucial turning point for German cinema's embrace of a new market orientation and move away from the state-sponsored film culture that characterized both DEFA and the New German Cinema. Reading films from East, West, and post-unification Germany together, Baer argues that contemporary German cinema is characterized most strongly by its origins in and responses to advanced capitalism. Informed by a feminist approach and in dialogue with prominent theories of contemporary film, the book places a special focus on how German films make visible the neoliberal recasting of gender and national identities around the new millennium."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- CC BY-NC-ND.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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