Studying German Cinema

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by Maggie Hoffgen

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Germany

Keywords

Germany

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 ½ x 9 ¼ inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-906733-01-8

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Book Presentation:
Adopting a textual, chronological approach, Studying German Cinema is for students of German and film studies and the general reader with an interest in German cinema. Each of the fourteen chapters focuses on one key film, from the groundbreaking horror Nosferatu (1922) to the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others (2007), and explores industrial practices both in West and East Germany; aesthetic approaches; auteurist traditions (including films by Fassbinder, Wenders, and Herzog); and ideology. Each film is embedded in its cultural and political context, and together they provide an overview of German history from the end of World War I to the present.

About the Author:
Maggie Hoffgen is an educator in German language and culture with an MA in film studies. She divides her time between supervising Goethe-Institut courses at Manchester University's Language Centre and working as a freelance film lecturer.

See the publisher website: Liverpool University Press