Threatened Masculinity from British Fiction to Cold War German Cinema by Joseph Willis

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This monograph is the first to demonstrate that Germany's Cold War cinematic search sought out a meaningful masculine paradigm through film adaptations of late-Victorian and Edwardian male writers who likewise sought a means of self-determination within a hegemonic structure.

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Threatened Masculinity from British Fiction to Cold War German Cinema by Joseph Willis

This monograph is the first to demonstrate that Germany's Cold War cinematic search sought out a meaningful masculine paradigm through film adaptations of late-Victorian and Edwardian male writers who likewise sought a means of self-determination within a hegemonic structure.

Joseph P. Willis received his PhD from The University of Tulsa in Victorian Studies. After teaching for a year at The University of Tulsa on a postdoctoral scholarship, he currently is employed as an adjunct professor of English at The University of Tulsa and at Tulsa Community College. Willis has given numerous talks and presentations on West German Cold War concerns: Threatened masculinity and the arms race in Rainer Boldt’s 1985 film series Das Rätsel der Sandbank; Transgressive masculinity in Vadim Glowna’s 1986 Des Teufels Paradies; and, Threatened masculinity in Paul May’s 1967 Das gefleckte Band. He has received the Certificate German as Foreign Language (Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache) from the Goethe Institute as well as a Fulbright student scholarship for teaching and research in Vienna, Austria. Additionally, he has received numerous grants from the Goethe Institute for language immersion seminars held in both Germany and the United States.

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ISBN 13 9780367210915
ISBN 10 0367210916
Title Threatened Masculinity from British Fiction to Cold War German Cinema
Author Joseph Willis
Series Among The Victorians And Modernists
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2019-06-04
Number of pages 192
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