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Motion picture production, distribution, exhibition and reception
has always been a transnational phenomenon, yet East Germany,
situated at the edge of the post-war Iron Curtain, separated by a
boundary that became materialized in the Berlin Wall in 1961,
resembles nothing if not an island, a protected space where film
production developed under the protection of government subsidy and
ideological purity. This volume proposes on the contrary that the
GDR cinema was never just a monologue. Rather, its media landscape
was characterized by constant dialogue, if not competition, with
both the capitalist West and socialist East. These thirteen essays
reshape DEFA cinema studies by exploring international networks,
identifying lines of influence beyond national boundaries and
recognizing genre qualities that surpass the temporal and spatial
confines. The international team of film specialists present
detailed analyses of over fifty films, including fiction features,
adaptations of literary classics, children's films, documentaries,
and examples from genres such as music, sci-fi, Westerns and crime
films. With contributions by Sean Allan, Hunter Bivens, Benita
Blessing, Barton Byg, Jaimey Fisher, Sabine Hake, Nick Hodgin,
Manuel Koeppen, Anke Pinkert, Larson Powell, Brad Prager, Marc
Silberman, Stefan Soldovieri, andHenning Wrage.
The first scholarly collection in English or German to fully
address the treatment of gender and sexuality in the productions of
DEFA across genres and in social, political, and cultural context.
The cinema of the German Democratic Republic, that is, the cinema
of its state-run studio DEFA, portrayed gender and sexuality in
complex and contradictory ways. In doing so, it reflected the
contradictions in GDR society in respect to such questions. This is
the first scholarly collection in English or German to fully
address the treatment of gender and sexuality in the productions of
DEFA across genres (from shorts and feature films to educational
videos, television productions, and documentaries) and in light of
social, political, and cultural contexts. It is also unique in its
investigation of previously unresearched subjects, including films
and directors that have received little scholarly attention and
nonconformist representations of gender and sexual embodiments,
identifications, and practices. The volume presents the work of
leading scholars on the GDR and allows students and scholars to
examine East German film with respect to the acceptance, rejection,
or nuanced negotiation of ideas of proper male and female behavior
espoused by the country's brand of socialism. Contributors: Muriel
Cormican, Jennifer L. Creech, Heidi Denzel de Tirado, Kyle
Frackman, Sebastian Heiduschke, Sonja E. Klocke, John Lessard,
Larson Powell, Victoria I. Rizo Lenshyn, Reinhild Steingroever,
Faye Stewart, Evan Torner, Henning Wrage. Kyle Frackman is
Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of
British Columbia. Faye Stewart is Associate Professor of German at
Georgia State University.
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