{"product_id":"9781405194365","title":"A Companion to German Cinema","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to German Cinema\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTerri Ginsberg | Andrea Mensch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Companion to German Cinema\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to German Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e regards the shifting terrain of German filmmaking and film studies against their larger social contexts with twenty-two newly commissioned essays by well-established and younger scholars in the field. While several of these focus on classic topics such as Weimar cinema, Fifties cinema, New German Cinema and its legacy, and Holocaust film, the collection is distinguished by its focus on new developments and the innovative light they may shed on earlier practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e A Companion to German Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e includes essays on Berlin Film, Neue Heimat Film, New Comedy, post-Wall documentaries, the post-\u003ci\u003eWende\u003c\/i\u003e RAF genre, and \u003ci\u003eRabenmutter\u003c\/i\u003e imagery, as well as on the persistently overlooked and under-theorized \u003ci\u003eIndianerfilme\u003c\/i\u003e, post-AIDS documentaries, sexploitation films, and new multicultural and transnational films produced in Germany under the auspices of the European Union. Organized into three “movements” representing the significance of these developments for their aesthetic theorization, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to German Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e challenges its readers to address critical gaps in the field with the aim of opening it further onto new terrains of intellectual engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerri Ginsberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a director and public programmer at the International Council for Middle East Studies in Washington, DC. She has taught film, media, and cultural studies at New York University, Rutgers University, Dartmouth College, Ithaca College, and Brooklyn College. She is author of \u003ci\u003eHolocaust Film: The Political Aesthetics of Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and co-editor (with Kirsten Moana Thompson) of \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on German Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and of several other volumes on global cinema and Middle Eastern film studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Mensch\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in the English Department at North Carolina State University and has also taught film and literature courses in London and at the NCSU Prague Institute. She was associate editor as well as book reviews editor for \u003ci\u003eJouvert: A Journal of Post-colonial Studies.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 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\u003e9781405194365\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\u003e616\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e39.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315504902284,"sku":"9781405194365","price":55.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405194365.jpg?v=1780114246","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405194365","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}