The Uncanny Gaze: The Drama of Early German Cinema Contributor(s): Schlupmann, Heide (Author), Pollmann, Inga (Translator), Hansen, Miriam (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0252032837 ISBN-13: 9780252032837 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: The first English translation of a preeminent analysis of early German film |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | Europe - Germany - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 792.094 |
LCCN: 2009024499 |
Series: Women & Film History International |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.41 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: Heide Schl pmann's classic study of early German cinema was published in German as Unheimlichkeit des Blicks: Das Drama des Fr hen deutschen Kinos in 1990. For the first time in English, this translation makes available her feminist examination of German cinema and Germany in the sociopolitical context of Wilhelmine society. By examining then-unknown pre-World War I narrative films, this study paints a picture of the conflicted early years of the German cinema. During this period cinema and film production were able to develop independently from the cultural bourgeoisie and relied on those forces excluded from high "culture" technology, business, performers, showmen, and actors. In cinema, the dime novel and kitsch were exhibited for all, and the internationalism of modernity prevailed over the prevailing nationalism of the period. Featuring a foreword by film scholar Miriam Hansen and a new afterword by Schl pmann, this volume performs a critical perusal of film commentary and offers an in-depth look at little-known films in early German cinema. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pollmann, Inga: - Inga Pollmann is assistant professor of film studies in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |