Reworking the German past
Subtitle: adaptations in film, the arts, and popular culture
By: edited by Susan G. Figge and Jenifer K. Ward.
Contributors: Figge, Susan G., 1942-; Ward, Jenifer K., 1958-
Series: Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781571134448
Subjects: German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; German literature -- Film adaptations; Germany -- In mass media; Germany -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Film adaptations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword:  Adapting (to) history / Linda Hutcheon; title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: Introduction:  Adapting the past for the present / Susan G. Figge and Jenifer K. Ward; title: Getting the last laugh:  Die Degenhardts as Nazi Redemption of Der letzte Mann / Cary Nathenson; title: Controlled chaos:  a case study of photomontage in Weimar / Rachel Epp Buller; title: Mensch, das ist ja wie im Kino!  Emil and the Detectives go to the movies in Berlin / Richard C. Figge; title: Ich mochte einmal alles erzahlen:  The Nazi era in three fictional tellings and their cinematic retellings / Susan G. Figge and Jenifer K. Ward; title: Ein Gemenge aus Nacht und Licht, Schwarz und Hell:  Götz Friedrich's film adaptation of "Elektra" / Maria Euchner; title: Irresistible innocence:  Reappropriations of Weimar and Nazi-era Schlager / Sunka Simon; title: Counter voice in adaptation:  Elisabeth Langgässer's  reappearance in Cordelia Edvardson's memoir "Burned child seeks the fire" / Thomas Sebastian; title: W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz:  Adaptation as restitution / Elizabeth Baer; title: Alltag becomes Alltagsgeschichte:  The Haus der Geschichte in Lutherstadt Wittenberg and the DDR Museum Berlin / Irene Lazda; title: Show and tell:  Doris Dörrie's strategies of adaptation in "Bin ich schön" / Mareike Herrmann.