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Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to announce forthcoming titles in our Film Europa Series.
German cinema is normally seen as a distinct form, but this series emphasizes connections, influences, and exchanges of German cinema across national borders, as well as its links with other media and art forms. Individual titles present traditional historical research (archival work, industry studies) as well as new critical approaches in film and media studies, with a special emphasis on the continuities associated with popular traditions and local perspectives.
For the next 30 days, take advantage of a special 25% discount off all of our "Film Europa" Series titles by entering the code FE13 at checkout.
A full range of Film Studies titles can be found on our website and you can now follow BerghahnFilm on Twitter.
In the spirit of the Tribeca Film Festival, Berghahn Journals is delighted to offer you limited-time free access to our special virtual issue that focuses on several influential directors. This special issue includes five articles from Projections. Free access to the issue will end 5/22/13.
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With best wishes,
Berghahn Books
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POSTWALL GERMAN CINEMA
History, Film History and Cinephilia
Mattias Frey
"This book will make an important contribution to the growing body of literature on contemporary German film. ... The discussion of Das Wunder von Bern, Baader and Die Unber�hrbare in particular stand out." � Paul Cooke, University of Leeds
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HOMEMADE MEN IN POSTWAR AUSTRIAN CINEMA
Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity
Maria Fritsche
"Maria Fritsche's rigorous analysis draws on gender, culture, and memory methodologies to contextualize the most successful era of Austrian popular film and articulate how and why it provided powerful representations for nation re/building as it also entertained internationally. Her revelatory and very readable work transforms the understanding of postwar Austrian film as national cinema, German-language product, and as the successor to Austria's early transnational film history. It is an indispensable text for many aspects of film and Central European study." � Robert von Dassanowsky, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Co-Editor, New Austrian Film
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SCREENING THE EAST
Heimat, Memory and Nostalgia in German Film since 1989
Nick Hodgin
"Hodgin ... brings extensive historical and sociological knowledge to his perceptive discussion of complex topics such as nostalgia for the GDR and debates over how its ambiguous history should be represented ... by bringing to the attention of English-speaking readers many less-known films and filmmakers, this readable study provides a valuable resource on recent German film history." � Choice
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TURKISH GERMAN CINEMA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Sites, Sounds, and Screens
Edited by Sabine Hake and Barbara Mennel
"This volume presents an impressive array of essays ... which will be essential reading in German and European culture programs, cinema studies, and minority/diasporic culture studies. The collection emphasizes not only the variety of cultural products here summarized under "Turkish German cinema," ... but also methodological diversity." � Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University
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PETER LORRE: FACE MAKER
Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe
Sarah Thomas
"[This book] makes a significant contribution to the existing literature on stardom and acting, with not only a useful reappraisal of Lorre's work and reputation but also with some valuable insights into the nature of "extra cinematic person," the interrelationship between radio and cinema during the studio era, and the significance of actor collaborations. This is a fascinating study of how misconceptions arise over time regarding an actor's persona and reputation" � Martin Shingler, University of Sunderland
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B�LA BAL�ZS: EARLY FILM THEORY
Visible Man and The Spirit of Film
B�la Bal�zs
Translated by Rodney Livingstone
Edited by Erica Carter
Published in association with Screen
Volume 10, Film Europa
"An exemplary book in every way, this translation makes Bal�zs' revolutionary texts available in English for the first time ... Dating from 1924 and 1930 respectively, The Visible Man and The Spirit of Film had a decisive influence on such major Russian filmmakers as Vsevolod Pudovkin and Sergei Eisenstein, and were among the first studies to examine filmic syntax, grammar, and editorial structure. Including a detailed introduction and numerous illustrations, this volume is a must for anyone serious about film ... Highly recommended." � Choice
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DISMANTLING THE DREAM FACTORY
Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language
Hester Baer
"...makes a significant and original contribution, is well researched as well as written, and would lend itself conveniently to the teaching of any of these films...[It] bring[s] to bear theories from Anglo-American film studies as well as German cultural studies and history. The result is a felicitous mixture of theory, cultural-historical context, and informed film readings." � Jaimey Fisher, University of California, Davis
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WILLING SEDUCTION
The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture
Barbara Kosta
Volume 8, Film Europa
"Kosta's book not only adds new material..., but performs the invaluable tasks of synthesizing and building on the massive amounts of writing that has accrued around the film, its director, and stars. This makes the book ideal not only for the collections of German Studies and Film Studies scholars, but also as a text for undergraduate and graduate courses. Kosta writes with sophistication and with a secure grasp of a variety of theoretical registers." � German Quarterly
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MICHAEL HANEKE'S CINEMA
The Ethic of the Image
Catherine Wheatley
Volume 7, Film Europa
SHORT-LISTED FOR BEST MOVING IMAGE BOOK BY THE AND/OR BOOK AWARDS
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2009 WILLY HAAS AWARD
"Both her exacting discussions of the films themselves and the even-handed, pointed summations of the critical debate around them are impressive feats...her succinct prose is eminently readable, even where couched in scholarly language." � Sight & Sound, The International Film Magazine
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DESTINATION LONDON
German-Speaking Emigr�s and British Cinema, 1925-1950
Edited by Tim Bergfelder and Christian Cargnelli
Volume 6, Film Europa
"...addresses one of the historically most neglected topics in exile studies...[The] chapters...are of a very high quality, written in an accessible and engaging style... Hopefully, Destination London will inspire more examinations of German speaking �migr� film makers in Britain." � Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
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A FOREIGN AFFAIR
Billy Wilder's American Films
Gerd Gem�nden
Volume 5, Film Europa
"...provides a hugely readable, insightful examination of Billy Wilder's American films as the product of transnational cultural exchange." � Monatshefte
"Gem�nden's vital decoding of Wilder's translation of himself into the American vernacular offers stimulating new material and perspectives that will no doubt shape Wilder scholarship to come." � Austrian Studies Newsletter
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FRAMING THE FIFTIES
Cinema in a Divided Germany
Edited by John Davidson and Sabine Hake
Volume 4, Film Europa
"This collection of essays on the cultural history of post-World War II Berlin is a fine and coherent example of the conference-inspired anthology...The sheer number of subjects...in this slim volume is impressive and enlightening, and each essay has an excellent bibliography to point the reader in the direction of further literature. As an ensemble, the essays in the volume work well together, to the point that many refer to each other." � German Studies Review
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PROJECTIONS: THE JOURNAL FOR MOVIES AND MIND
http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/proj/
Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that explores the way in which the mind experiences, understands, and interprets the audio-semantic and narrative structures of cinema and other visual media. Recognizing cinema as an art form, the journal aims to integrate established traditions of analyzing media aesthetics with current research into perception, cognition and emotion, according to frameworks supplied by psychology, psychoanalysis, and the cognitive and neurosciences. The journal seeks to facilitate a dialogue between scholars in these disciplines and bring the study of moving image media to the forefront of contemporary intellectual debate.
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GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/gps/
German Politics and Society is a peer-reviewed journal published and distributed by Berghahn Journals. It is the only American publication that explores issues in modern Germany from the combined perspectives of the social sciences, history, and cultural studies. The journal provides a forum for critical analysis and debate about politics, history, film, literature, visual arts, and popular culture in contemporary Germany.
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