Generic Histories of German Cinema
Subtitle: Genre and Its Deviations
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781571135704
Subjects: Motion pictures, germany; Film criticism
Description: "Generic Histories offers a fresh approach, tracing a series of key genres -- including horror, science fiction, the thriller, Heimat films, and war films -- over the course of German cinema history. It also addresses detective films, comedies, policiers, and romances that deliberately localize global genres within Germany - a form of transnationalism frequently neglected. This focus on genre and history encourages rethinking of the traditional opposition (and hierarchy) between art and popular cinema that has informed German film studies. In these ways, the volume foregrounds genre theory's potential for rethinking film history as well as cultural history more broadly." -- Publisher's description