{"product_id":"9781405191630","title":"A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBrigitte Peucker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of its kind to engage with this important figure. Twenty-eight essays by an international group of scholars consider this controversial director's contribution to German cinema, German history, gender studies, and auteurship.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA fresh collection of original research providing diverse perspectives on Fassbinder’s work in films, television, poetry, and underground theatre.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRainer Werner Fassbinder remains the preeminent filmmaker of the New German Cinema whose brief but prolific body of work spans from the latter half of the 1960s to the artist’s death in 1982.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterrogates Fassbinder’s influence on the seminal ideas of his time: auteurship, identity, race, queer studies, and the cataclysmic events of German twentieth century history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions from internationally diverse scholars specializing in film, culture, and German studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of his key films including: \u003ci\u003eGods of the Plague\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eBeware of a Holy Whore\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eMartha\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) (TV), \u003ci\u003eWorld on a Wire\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eEffi Briest\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eAli: Fear Eats the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), \u003ci\u003eFox and His Friends\u003c\/i\u003e (1975),  \u003ci\u003eFear of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eChinese Roulette\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \u003ci\u003eIn a Year With 13 Moons\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eDespair\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eThe Third Generation\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eBerlin Alexanderplatz\u003c\/i\u003e (1980) (TV), and \u003ci\u003eQuerelle\u003c\/i\u003e (1982).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrigitte Peucker\u003c\/b\u003e is the Elias Leavenworth Professor of German and a Professor of Film Studies at Yale University. She is the author of many essays on questions of representation in film and literature. Earlier books include \u003ci\u003eLyric Descent in the German Romantic Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eIncorporating Images: Film and the Rival Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eand The Material Image: Art and the Real in Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 February 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405191630\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e656\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384625852556,"sku":"9781405191630","price":182.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405191630_47853a9c-52c3-4fdc-a80b-5c56229647ca.jpg?v=1780178358","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405191630","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}