Imperial projections screening the German colonies (Film Europa: German cinema in an international context)

The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film...

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1. Verfasser: Fuhrmann, Wolfgang
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Berghahn Books 2015
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Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Film Europa
Schlagworte:
20th century
ART / Techniques / General
Colonial History
Colonies
Documentary films
Documentary films > Germany > History > 20th century
Film and Television Studies
Film Studies
Germany
Germany > Colonies > History > 20th century
History
History & Criticism
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Germany > Colonies
Motion pictures in propaganda
Motion pictures in propaganda > Germany
PERFORMING ARTS
Political Science
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Colonial History
Film and Television Studies
ISBN:178238698X, 9781782386971, 1782386971, 9781782386988
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  • Imperial projections: screening the German colonies (Film Europa: German cinema in an international context) -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: The Beginning of Colonial Film Culture in Imperial Germany -- Chapter 1: From the Variety Theatre to the German Colonial Society -- Chapter 2: Carl Müller: A Colonial Filmmaker -- Chapter 3: The DKG's Film Shows: The Colonies in Motion -- Part II: Addressing the Masses -- Chapter 4: The 'Hottentot Election' of 1907 -- Chapter 5: The DKG's Kinematographenkampagne -- Chapter 6: Rise and Fall of the Kinematographenkampagne -- Part III: Ethnographic Filmmaking in the Colonies -- Chapter 7: Karl Weule in German East Africa -- Chapter 8: The Expedition in Context: Modern German Ethnography -- Chapter 9: Filming in the Colonies: Training and Improvisation -- Part IV: Tourism, Entertainment and Colonial Ideology -- Chapter 10: Colonial Films in Public Cinema -- Chapter 11: The Colonial Travelogue -- Chapter 12: Colonial Films in Transition: Robert Schumann's Comeback -- Part V: Colonial Film Propaganda During the First World War -- Chapter 13: Setting Up Colonial War Propaganda -- Chapter 14: The Deutsche Kolonialfilmgesellschaft (DEUKO) -- Conclusion: Beyond the Colonial Era -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: From the Variety Theatre to the German Colonial Society Chapter 2: Carl Müller: Chapter 3: The DKG’S Film Shows: Chapter 4: The ‘Hottentot Election’ of 1907 Chapter 5: The DKG’s Kinematographenkampagne Chapter 6: Rise and Fall of the Kinematographenkampagne Chapter 7: Karl Weule in German East Africa Chapter 8: The Expedition in Context: Chapter 9: Filming in the Colonies: Chapter 10: Colonial Films in Public Cinema Chapter 11: The Colonial Travelogue Chapter 12: Colonial Films in Transition: Chapter 13: Setting Up Colonial War Propaganda Chapter 14: The Deutsche Kolonial-Filmgesellschaft (DEUKO) Conclusion. Filmography Bibliography Index
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  • PART IV TOURISM, ENTERTAINMENT AND COLONIAL IDEOLOGY --
  • Chapter 11 THE COLONIAL TRAVELOGUE --
  • INTRODUCTION --
  • CONTENTS --
  • ABBREVIATIONS --
  • Chapter 13 SETTING UP COLONIAL WAR PROPAGANDA --
  • Chapter 10 COLONIAL FILMS IN PUBLIC CINEMA --
  • Chapter 6 RISE AND FALL OF THE KINEMATOGRAPHENKAMPAGNE --
  • Chapter 8 THE EXPEDITION IN CONTEXT Modern German Ethnography --
  • Chapter 1 FROM THE VARIETY THEATRE TO THE GERMAN COLONIAL SOCIETY --
  • PART I THE BEGINNING OF COLONIAL FILM CULTURE IN IMPERIAL GERMANY --
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
  • PART II ADDRESSING THE MASSES --
  • Chapter 3 THE DKG’S FILM SHOWS The Colonies in Motion --
  • PART III ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKING IN THE COLONIES --
  • Chapter 4 THE ‘HOTTENTOT ELECTION’ OF 1907 --
  • Chapter 2 CARL MÜLLER A Colonial Filmmaker --
  • FILMOGRAPHY --
  • Chapter 12 COLONIAL FILMS IN TRANSITION Robert Schumann’s Comeback --
  • CONCLUSION Beyond the Colonial Era --
  • Chapter 7 KARL WEULE IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA --
  • ILLUSTRATIONS --
  • Chapter 5 THE DKG’S KINEMATOGRAPHENKAMPAGNE --
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY --
  • Chapter 9 FILMING IN THE COLONIES Training and Improvisation --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Chapter 14 THE DEUTSCHE KOLONIAL-FILMGESELLSCHAFT (DEUKO) --
  • PART V COLONIAL FILM PROPAGANDA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR --