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A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as
freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist
film,Metropolis. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has
justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture.
Among the important general issues it also raises are the relation
between ideology and art, the status and authorship of the film
text in the entertainment market, the city, the construction of
gender, the relation between the human body and the machine in
modernity, and the relation between mass and high culture. This
volume provides abroad range of materials and resources for the
study of Lang's film, including both well-known, previously
published critical essays and contributions appearing for the first
time here. The editors provide a two-part introductionthat
furnishes context for what follows: Bachmann's part deals with the
genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film, while
Minden's defines the problems posed by the text and reviews
thesolutions to these problemsas proposed by later generations of
critics.The first part of the book proper includes selected
contemporaryreviews, commentary by Fritz Lang and others involved
in the making ofthe film, and extracts from Thea von Harbou's
original novel. In the second part, eight modern scholars provide
fresh essays on the genesis, promotion, and reception of the film.
Approximately half of the material in the volume has never before
appeared in print. The volume will appealto students of German,
film, cultural and intellectual history, and social theory. Michael
Minden is University Lecturer in German at Cambridge University and
a fellow of Jesus College. Holger Bachmann received hisPh.D. from
Cambridge on Arthur Schnitzler and film.
Examines, then employs the metaphor of cultural impact in an effort
to understand how culture works in the German-speaking world. How
to gauge the impact of cultural products is an old question, but
bureaucratic agendas such as the one recently implemented in the UK
to measure the impact of university research (including in German
Studies) are new. Impact isseen as confirming a cultural product's
value for society -- not least in the eyes of cultural funders. Yet
its use as an evaluative category has been widely criticized by
academics. Rather than rejecting the concept of impact, however,
this volume employs it as a metaphor to reflect on issues of
transmission, reception, and influence that have always underlain
cultural production but have escaped systematic conceptualization.
It seeks to understand how culture works in the German-speaking
world: how writers and artists express themselves, how readers and
audiences engage with the resulting products, and how academics are
drawn to analyze this dynamic process. Formulating such questions
afresh in the context of German Studies, the volume examines both
contemporary cultural discourse and the way it evolves more
generally. It links such topics as authorial intention, readerly
reception, intertextuality, andmodes of perception to less commonly
studied phenomena, such as the institutional practices of funding
bodies, that underpin cultural discourse. Contributors: David
Barnett, Laura Bradley, Rebecca Braun, Sarah Colvin, Anne Fuchs,
Katrin Kohl, Karen Leeder, Jurgen Luh, Jenny McKay, Ben Morgan,
Gunther Nickel, Chloe Paver, Joanne Sayner, Matthew Philpotts, Jane
Wilkinson. Rebecca Braun is Executive Dean of the College of Arts,
Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies at the National University of
Ireland in Galway and Lyn Marven is Lecturer in German at the
University of Liverpool.
Weighs the value of Germanophone culture, and its study, in an age
of globalization, transnationalism, and academic change. The study
of German-language culture has been rapidly diversifying to express
the vibrant multiplicity of what it is now possible to research,
and teach, under the rubric of "German Studies." Responding to
these developments, German in the World explores what happens when
the geographic, linguistic, and temporal boundaries that have
traditionally been used to define German-language culture are
questioned, and are placed alongside more global perspectives.
Chapters consider the transformation of the German-language
cultural canon through its engagement with the world, trace the
value of German Studies as an interdisciplinary subject practiced
across different global locations, and investigate the impact of
both on the work of organizations and practitioners entirely beyond
the academy. In questioning where German-language culture can be
found across these different "worlds," German in the World thus
uncovers the continued value of German Studies as a field of
critical cultural discourse within a globalized public sphere,
placing that culture at the heart of debates on Transnational and
World Literature. Ultimately, the contributions to this innovative
volume demonstrate how attempts to locate German Studies in its
wider geographic and social contexts result not in a discipline
undone, but in a discipline reinvigorated and transformed.
Become a rockstar with your own collection of gems, fossils, and
rocks. Explore the incredible world of rocks with this amazing
activity book for children. From creating your own volcano to
growing gemstones at home, Rock and Fossil Hunter is filled with
fun activities for curious young minds. With more than 30 projects,
this book is ideal to keep children busy. Test the hardness of
different rocks, make paint from minerals, discover the minerals in
everyday objects around you and conduct acid tests on some of them,
and even explore extraordinary minerals that glow under special
lights. Each activity is accompanied by detailed step-by-step
instructions that are easy to follow and a special symbol indicates
which activities require adult supervision. Find out how fossils
are made and learn how to not only spot them in nature but make
fake fossil bones at home. More than 50 stunning stickers are
included alongside the activities. Get building, testing, and
learning with this fantastic book made for curious kids.
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