Details

Subject(s)

• Motion pictures—Germany—History—20th century [Browse]
• Motion pictures—Political aspects—Germany [Browse]
• Politics in motion pictures [Browse]
• Utopias in motion pictures [Browse]
• Nostalgia in motion pictures [Browse]
• Germany (East)—In motion pictures [Browse]

Series

• Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered) [More in this series]
• Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Summary note

Since unification, a radical shift has occurred in Germans' view of their country's past, with 1989 replacing 1945 as the primary caesura. Events of the cold-war period are seen as decisive in a history that unites yet divides East and West. Establishing foundational myths and finding common experience is pivotal in constructing national identity, and the cinema provides a forum for consumption, negotiation, and contestation of such notions. This book looks at history films made since 1989, exploring how utopianism and political dissent have shaped German identity. At issue is the extent to wh.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2015).

ISBN

• 9781571138255 (electronic bk.)
• 1571138250 (electronic bk.)

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