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OverviewThis is a German history of cinema and film from the 1890s to 1945 with a focus on queer masculinity. Using media studies approaches, the study shows how film as a new medium is constituted through performative re-enactments of spectacular elements from the entertainment and knowledge cultures of the 19th century. In it, bodies, desires and identities are constantly remodelled through the formation of difference. Therefore, male queerness here does not mean the representation of male homosexuality. Rather, it is the dynamic result of complex medial processes, affects and (self-)knowledge on and off the screen. Building on Eve K. Sedgwick's queer-feminist concept of queer performativity, the author creates a historically situated model with which she traces various figures of technically anthropomorphic queer masculinity in the medium of film in an empowering sense. This book is a translation of an original German 1st edition Performative Figuren queerer Männlichkeit by Christiane König, published by J.B.Metzler, imprint of Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). The author (with the friendly support of Megan Hanson) has subsequently revised the text further in an endeavour to refine the work stylistically. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support authors. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christiane KönigPublisher: J.B. Hetzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel GmbH Imprint: J.B. Hetzler'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel GmbH Edition: 1st ed. 2022 Weight: 0.975kg ISBN: 9783476058874ISBN 10: 3476058875 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 16 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Empire/Germany: Film and Cinema, Gender and Sexuality.- Chapter 3. Weimar Republic/Germany: Film and Cinema, Gender and Sexuality.- Chapter 4. National Socialism/Germany: Film and Cinema, Gender and Sexuality.- Chatper 5. Concluding Remarks.-ReviewsAuthor InformationChristiane König is a private lecturer at the Institute for Media Culture and Theatre at the University of Cologne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |