Framing the Fifties by John Davidson

Framing the Fifties by John Davidson

Based on cultural studies, gender studies, and the study of popular cinema, this anthology offers an account by focusing on popular genres, famous stars, and dominant practices, by taking into account the complicated relationships between East vs West German, German vs European, and European vs American cinemas.

“This collection of essays on the cultural history of post-World War II Berlin is a fine and coherent example of the conference-inspired anthology…The sheer number of subjects…in this slim volume is impressive and enlightening, and each essay has an excellent bibliography to point the reader in the direction of further literatureAs an ensemble, the essays in the volume work well together, to the point that many refer to each other.”  ·  German Studies Review

“These essays are for the most part interesting and persuasive and are an important step in reclaiming what Hake in her introduction calls the ‘last terra incognito of German film studies’.”  ·  German Studies Review

“This very attractive collection invites the reader to study the larger project of German cinematic postwar reconstruction and identity formation with a number of excellent essays. The volume appears remarkably coherent, insofar as all 14 contributions are well-researched and well-written investigations… Undoubtedly, Framing the Fifties will trigger further and much-needed research to reintroduce complexity into a field of study that has long suffered from discursive impoverishment. Davidson and Hake have put together a fine volume that will find its grateful readers.”  ·  Journal of Contemporary History

John Davidson is Director of the Program of Film Studies and Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University. His Deterritorializing the New German Cinema appeared in 1999, and he has published numerous articles on German film as well as political discourses and literary figures in cinema more generally. He serves on the editorial board of Studies in European Cinema (UK) and is currently working on a book project investigating cinema, labor, and mobility in twentieth-century Germany.

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ISBN 13	9781845452049
ISBN 10	1845452046
Title	Framing the Fifties
Author	John Davidson
Series	Film Europa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Year published	2007-07-01
Number of pages	260
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