German film - two new paperbacks

From: "Abigail Major" <[email protected]>

Dear Colleagues,

Berghahn Books is pleased to announce the recent publication of paperback
editions of two titles, which both examine modern German film.

Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture, by
Barbara Kosta, provides a new interpretive framework with which to approach
this classic Weimar film and suggests that discourses on mass and high
culture are integral to the film's thematic and narrative structure. In
addition to offering insight into some of the major debates that informed
the Weimar Republic, this book demonstrates that similar issues continue to
shape the contemporary cultural landscape of Germany. Additional information
is available on our website at:
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=KostaWilling.

Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest
for a New Film Language, by Hester Baer, reassesses postwar German cinema,
looking in particular at how the attempt to 'dismantle the dream factory' of
Nazi entertainment cinema resulted in a new cinematic language which
developed as a result of the changing audience demographic. This book
presents a new take on an essential period, which saw the rebirth of German
cinema after its thorough delegitimization under the Nazi regime. Additional
information is available at:
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=BaerDismantling. 

For more information on these or any other Berghahn titles, please visit our
website at http://www.berghahnbooks.com/.

All best,

Abigail Major
Marketing Associate
email:  <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected]