Post-Wall German Cinema and National History: Utopianism and Dissent (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) (Volume 113)
ISBN-13:
9781571135223
ISBN-10:
1571135227
Author:
Mary Elizabeth OBrien
Publication date:
2012
Publisher:
Camden House
Format:
Hardcover
348 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781571135223
ISBN-10:
1571135227
Author:
Mary Elizabeth OBrien
Publication date:
2012
Publisher:
Camden House
Format:
Hardcover
348 pages
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Post-Wall German Cinema and National History: Utopianism and Dissent (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) (Volume 113) (ISBN-13: 9781571135223 and ISBN-10: 1571135227), written by authors
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Since unification, a radical shift has taken place in Germans' view of their country's immediate past, with 1989 replacing 1945 as the primary caesura. The cold-war division, the failed socialist state, the '68 student movement, and the Red Army Faction -- historical flashpoints involving political oppression, civil disobedience, and the longing for utopian solutions to social injustice -- have come to be seen as decisive moments in a collective history that unites East and West even as it divides them. Telling stories about a shared past, establishing foundational myths, and finding commonalities of experience are pivotal steps in the construction of national identity. Such nation-building is always incomplete, but the cinema provides an important forum in which notions of German history and national identity can be consumed, negotiated, and contested. This book looks at history films made since 1989, exploring how utopianism and political dissent have shaped German identity. It studies the genre - including popular successes, critical successes, and perceived failures - as a set of texts and a discursive network, gauging which conventions and storylines are resilient. At issue is the overriding question: to what extent do these films contribute to a narrative that legitimizes the German nation-state? Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien is Professor of German and The Courtney and Steven Ross Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies at Skidmore College.
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