Dear Colleagues,
Some of you may be interested in the following:
David Clarke (ed.) German Cinema Since Unification
London: Continuum, 2006
Paperback ISBN: 0826481450
Hardcover ISBN: 0826491065
Denigrated by some critics for its alleged low-brow commercialism and a
perceived failure to take up the legacy of the New German Cinema of the
1970s, German film culture since unification nevertheless demonstrates both
a high degree of diversity and a willingness to engage with key issues
facing the newly formed Berlin Republic. This book offers a broad survey of
trends in German cinema since unification and highlights German film's
interventions in contemporary social, political and historical debates,
including questions of nationality, ethnicity, gender and sexuality. The
work of young directors is discussed alongside that of older filmmakers
associated with the New German Cinema. "German Cinema" is an ideal overview
of contemporary German film for researchers and students in both Film
Studies and German Studies.
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
German Cinema since Unification
David Clarke
Chapter One
The Fourth Generation
Legacies of Violence as Quest For Identity in Post-Unification Terrorism
Films
Rachel Palfreyman
Chapter Two
Shades of Grey
Coming to Terms with German Film since Unification
John Davidson
Chapter Three
East German Cinema after Unification
Daniela Berghahn
Chapter Four
Ostalgie, Fantasy, and the Normalization of East-West Relations in
Post-Unification Comedy
Seán Allan
Chapter Five
Turkish-German Cinema
>From Cultural Resistance to Transnational Cinema?
Rob Burns
Chapter Six
In Search of Home
Filming Post-Unification Berlin
David Clarke
Chapter Seven
Women amongst Women
The New German Comedy and the Failed Romance
Dickon Copsey
Chapter Eight
>From Perverse to Queer
Rosa von Praunheim's Films in the Liberation Movements of the Federal
Republic
Randall Halle
Dr David Clarke, ILTM
Lecturer in German
Director of Studies, MA/Diploma in European Cinema Studies
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 386244
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