Overview

This publication confronts the question of whether movies in the Eastern Bloc were propaganda or secretly veiled dissent. It argues that the answer to the question is decidedly complex. Drawing on newly opened archives with East German directors, actors, and state officials, it traces the change in cinematic depiction of East Germany in response to national political developments and transnational cultural trends. Even as they attempted to answer calls for authentic images of the German Democratic Reopublic that would legitimize socialist rule, filmmakers challenged the regime's self-understanding. From the late 1960s East German films focused on everyday life , no longer seeing it merely as a stage in the development towards Communism. By presenting a static image it could be said that filmmakers helped transform East German identity from one based on a commitment to socialist progress to one that accepted the GDR as it was.

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Author:   Joshua Feinstein
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.459kg
ISBN:  

9780807853856

ISBN 10:   0807853852
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   30 September 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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An original and engaging exploration of East German cinema and the role of cultural production and consumption in the evolution of postwar socialist society. (Heide Fehrenbach, author of Cinema in Democratizing Germany ) An extremely well-researched book. . . . [This] multilayered analysis . . . is a remarkable feat of historical contextualization. -- Monatshefte

An extremely well-researched book. . . . [This] multilayered analysis . . . is a remarkable feat of historical contextualization. <br> -- Monatshefte

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Joshua Feinstein has taught European history at Stanford University and Emory University. He lives in Buffalo, New York.

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