Shell shock cinema : Weimar culture and the wounds of war / Anton Kaes
The war at home. The wounded soldier -- The spirit of 1914 -- Film and nation -- The battle of images -- A medium for deception -- The new empire -- Mental breakdowns -- Tales from the asylum. War neurotics -- Recovering the past -- Phantoms and freaks -- From Dr. Charcot to Dr. Caligari -- Madness...
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| Main Authors: | Kaes, Anton (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, c2009 |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Autorenbiografie Inhaltsverzeichnis Verlagsangaben Book review (H-Net) Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Summary: | The war at home. The wounded soldier -- The spirit of 1914 -- Film and nation -- The battle of images -- A medium for deception -- The new empire -- Mental breakdowns -- Tales from the asylum. War neurotics -- Recovering the past -- Phantoms and freaks -- From Dr. Charcot to Dr. Caligari -- Madness as resistance -- The Hitler connection -- Shattered space -- The return of the undead. The lost generation -- Mass death -- Dracula revisited -- A community under siege -- Hysteria on the home front -- The allure of the occult -- The work of mourning -- Myth, murder, and revenge. The national project -- Posing for Germany -- The will to form -- The fallen hero -- Excursus: Lang in World War I -- The sacred battle -- The end of violence -- The industrial battlefield. Rise of the machines -- Moloch war -- Lang's America -- The hunger for religion -- The workers' revolt -- Destruction and regeneration -- Aftershocks -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 312 S. Ill |
| ISBN: | 9780691031361 |
