German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism
This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations, including intensified globalization, a restructured world economy, geopolitical realignment, and technological change, all of which have affected cinema in fundamental ways. Rethinking the...
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| Main Authors: | Baer, Hester (Author) |
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| Format: | Online-Resource |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Amsterdam University Press, 2021 |
| Series: | Film Culture in Transition
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| Online Access: | kostenfrei kostenfrei |
| Summary: | This book presents a new history of German film from 1980-2010, a period that witnessed rapid transformations, including intensified globalization, a restructured world economy, geopolitical realignment, and technological change, all of which have affected cinema in fundamental ways. Rethinking the conventional periodization of German film history, Baer posits 1980-rather than 1989-as a crucial turning point for German cinema's embrace of a new market orientation and move away from the state-sponsored film culture that characterized both DEFA and the New German Cinema. Reading films from East, West, and post-unification Germany together, Baer argues that contemporary German cinema is characterized most strongly by its origins in and responses to advanced capitalism. Informed by a feminist approach and in dialogue with prominent theories of contemporary film, the book places a special focus on how German films make visible the neoliberal recasting of gender and national identities around the new millennium |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (320 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9789048551958 |
| Access: | Open Access |
