Fassbinder's germany history identity subject

Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of the most prominent and important authors of post-war European cinema. Thomas Elsaesser is the first to write a thoroughly analytical study of his work. He stresses the importance of a closer understanding of Fassbinder's career through a re-reading of his film...

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Main Author: Elsaesser, Thomas
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 1996
Amsterdam Univ. Press
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Film Culture in Transition
Subjects:
1945-1982
Criticism and interpretation
Ethnic studies
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1946- > Criticism and interpretation
Film Studies
Films, cinema
Germany
History
History and Archaeology
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Germany > History
Performing arts
Social groups, communities and identities
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology
Television
The Arts
ISBN:9053560599, 9789053560594, 9048503507, 9053561846, 9789048503506, 9789053561843
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Table of Contents:
  • Fassbinder's germany: history identity subject -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: A Work Upstaged by Life? -- 1. Fassbinder Representing Germany -- 2. From Vicious Circles to Double Binds: Impossible Demands in the Field of Vision -- 3. Murder, Merger, Suicide: The Politics of DESPAIR -- 4. The BRD Trilogy, or: History, the Love Story?: The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lola and Veronika Voss -- 5. Fassbinder, Reflections of Fascism and the European Cinema -- 6. ...wie einst? Lili Marleen -- 7. Frankfurt, Germans and Jews: The City, Garbage and Death -- 8. Beyond 'Schuld' and 'Schulden': In a Year of Thirteen Moons -- 9. Franz Biberkopf'slex-changes: Berlin Alexanderplatz -- 10. Historicising the Subject: A Body of Work -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Index.
  • Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: A Work Upstaged by Life? -- 1. Fassbinder Representing Germany -- 2. From Vicious Circles to Double Binds Impossible Demands in the Field of Vision -- 3. Murder, Merger, Suicide The Politics of despair -- 4. The BRD Trilogy, or: History, The Love Story? THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, LOLA and VERONIKA VOSS -- 5. Fassbinder, Reflections of Fascism and the European Cinema -- 6. ...wie einst? LILI MARLEEN -- 7. Frankfurt, Germans and Jews The City, Garbage and Death -- 8. Beyond 'Schuld' and 'Schulden' IN A YEAR OF THIRTEEN MOONS -- 9. Franz Biberkopf's/ex-changes BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ -- 10. Historicising the Subject A Body of Work -- Appendix One: A Commented Filmography The House That Rainer Built -- Appendix Two: Fassbinder's Germany 1945-1982 A Chronology -- Appendix Three: Bibliography -- Notes -- Index