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The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore its unique contribution to contemporary visual culture.

Since its inception in 2017 the series, a neo-noir thriller set in Berlin in the final years of the Weimar republic, has reached audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas and has been met with both critical and popular acclaim. As a visual work rife with historical and contemporary citations Babylon Berlin offers its audience a panoramic view of politics, crime, culture, gender, and sexual relations in the German capital.

Focusing especially on the intermedial and transhistorical dimensions of the series, across four partsBabylon Berlin, Global Media and Fan Culture; The Look and Sound of Babylon Berlin; Representing Weimar History; and Weimar Intertextsthe volume brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to critically examine various facets of the show,

Babylon Berlin German Visual Spectacle and Global

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 3 July 2024
      ISBN-13 9781350370050
      978-1350370050
      ISBN-10 1350370053
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore its unique contribution to contemporary visual culture.

      Since its inception in 2017 the series, a neo-noir thriller set in Berlin in the final years of the Weimar republic, has reached audiences throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas and has been met with both critical and popular acclaim. As a visual work rife with historical and contemporary citations Babylon Berlin offers its audience a panoramic view of politics, crime, culture, gender, and sexual relations in the German capital.

      Focusing especially on the intermedial and transhistorical dimensions of the series, across four partsBabylon Berlin, Global Media and Fan Culture; The Look and Sound of Babylon Berlin; Representing Weimar History; and Weimar Intertextsthe volume brings together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to critically examine various facets of the show,

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