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Deterritorializing the New German Cinema
John E. Davidson
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Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
The first book to consider New German Cinema in the context of postcolonialism.
Between 1961 and 1989, the years of the building and dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the New German Cinema came into being, the product of the diverse efforts of West German politicians, West German filmmakers, and foreign—chiefly American—film enthusiasts. This book takes the story of the New German Cinema beyond its strictly German context to show its relation to the international constellations of the Cold War and postcolonial politics.
After a reevaluation of the political and aesthetic atmosphere of the 1950s and 1960s, John E. Davidson looks at the ... Read moreDavidson uncovers new material regarding the German government’s debates about film as a means of solidifying the country’s position among the Western powers in neocolonial competition. This in turn leads to a reconsideration of the role of the “German” in that relegitimation, particularly in relation to the “critical intellectual.” Davidson then grounds these insights in extensive analyses of key films of the New German Cinema in light of the receptions they received—from Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas to Percy Adlon’s Out of Rosenheim and Ulrike Ottinger’s Johanna D’Arc of Mongolia. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816629824
SKU
V9780816629824
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About John E. Davidson
John E. Davidson is assistant professor of Germanic languages and literatures at Ohio State University.
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