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Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and
cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now
included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each
preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an
interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing
conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search
for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first
century.
Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and
cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now
included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each
preceded by an editorial introduction, this book is an
interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing
conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search
for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first
century.
This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended
edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the
present day, covering key periods and movements including early and
silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema,
the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in
the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars
are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship;
film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics,
including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections.
Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies,
including of individual films that illuminate larger histories
(Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many
more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla
and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann,
Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including
Siegfried Kracauer and Bela Balazs. The volume provides a
methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a
transnational horizon.
""Germany in Transit" is a much-needed sourcebook that vividly
represents the crucial debates about the integration of
'foreigners' in Germany. Written for all levels of readers, from
school teachers and college students to general readers."--Werner
Sollors, author of "Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in
American Culture"
"This book is first-rate: historically accurate, thickly textured,
and methodologically cutting-edge. Even experts in migration
studies and German studies will be inspired by the astonishing
range of materials gathered in this important yet readily
accessible book."--Leslie A. Adelson, author of "The Turkish Turn
in Contemporary German Literature: Toward a New Critical Grammar of
Migration"
"A path-breaking book about postwar Germany on its way to Europe
and the modern world. Precisely researched and creatively
organized, this is indispensable reading for anyone who wishes to
take part in the conversation about cultural diversity. It is
perhaps telling that no such book has yet been published in
Germany; the perspective from abroad opens new horizons."--Zafer
[enocak, author of "Atlas of a Tropical Germany: Essays on Politics
and Culture, 1990-1998"
"This striking assembly of texts tells the real story of postwar
normalization. For the German lands have always bid welcome and,
after the monochrome years of the Third Reich and its immediate
aftermath, once again host a multiplicity of ethnics, cultures, and
religions. Read and see for yourself what contemporary Germany is
all about."--Michael Geyer, author of "The Power of Intellectuals
in Contemporary Germany"
This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended
edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the
present day, covering key periods and movements including early and
silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema,
the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in
the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars
are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship;
film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics,
including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections.
Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies,
including of individual films that illuminate larger histories
(Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many
more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla
and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann,
Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including
Siegfried Kracauer and Bela Balazs. The volume provides a
methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a
transnational horizon.
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