Screening the East
Subtitle: Heimat, memory and nostalgia in German film since 1989
By: Nick Hodgin
Series: Film Europa: German cinema in an international context
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780857451286; 9780857451293
Subjects: Motion pictures; In motion pictures; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures; Culture in motion pictures; Nostalgia in motion pictures; History
Description: ..".Contains useful and nuanced readings of the best-known films dealing with themes related to unification, as well as highlighting some equally interesting lesser-known works, in order to provide a rounded picture of German cinema's engagement with these issues in the past 17 years. I am not aware of any other publication that covers such a range of material and this in itself makes the book a valuable contribution to the field." David Clarke, University of Bath "This is an extremely rich study of the representation of east German identity and the former GDR in post-unification cinema. The author clearly has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the films of this period ... Hodgin's book breaks genuinely new ground." Se n Allan, University of Warwick "The book reveals an excellent knowledge of German culture and cinema, and combines methodological soundness with an ability to talk about films in a lively way free of jargon. Screening the East should not be missed by anybody interested in German cinema and culture, as well as cinema as discourse on history and space." Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire.
Notes: "Introduction -- Mapping Identity -- Heimat Stories: East Meets West -- Lost Landscapes -- At the Back of Beyond: Heimat East -- Berlin: Disorientation/Reorientation -- Good Bye, Ostalgie? -- Conclusion."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.

Includes filmography.