Michael Hochgeschwender
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The ten essays in this volume deal with the debates and conflicts about modernity in a period of American history when the tensions and strains caused by seemingly unrestrained change and the reactions to it were particularly severe and tangible. Partly concentrating on the margins or dark underworlds of modernity, such as racism and violence, partly focusing on the allegedly unlimited space to negotiate and create social order from scratch, the contributions...
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The authors analyze feature films from Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Great Britain, and the United States that are characteristic for their cinematic engagement with the past as well as contemporary political and social problems. The volume makes a contribution to the comparative history of post-war societies and at the same time advocates the value of feature films as sources for contemporary history.
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