{"product_id":"dismantling-the-dream-factory-9780857456175","title":"Dismantling the Dream Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of postwar German cinema has most often been told as a story of failure, a failure paradoxically epitomized by the remarkable popularity of film throughout the late 1940s and 1950s. Through the analysis of 10 representative films, Hester Baer reassesses this period, looking in particular at how the attempt to dismantle the dream factory' of Nazi entertainment cinema resulted in a new cinematic language which developed as a result of the changing audience demographic. In an era when female viewers comprised 70 per cent of cinema audiences a women's cinema' emerged, which sought to appeal to female spectators through its genres, star choices, stories and formal conventions. In addition to analyzing the formal language and narrative content of these films, Baer uses a wide array of other sources to reconstruct the original context of their reception, including promotional and publicity materials, film programs, censorship documents, reviews and spreads in fan magazines. Thi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…[a] fascinating study…[that] makes  a major contribution to a burgeoning field dedicated to the investigation of what was once dismissed.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonatshefte\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“...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.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Jaimey Fisher,\u003c\/b\u003e University of California, Davis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFigures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Postwar German Cinema\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e The Female Gaze in The Murderers Are Among Us\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Authorship and Stardom in Film Without a Title\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Love ’47 as Woman’s Film\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Regendering Representation in The Sinner\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Visual Pleasure and Cinematic Realism in The Forester of the Silver Wood\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Gender and Sexuality in Different From You and Me\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Spectatorship and Genre in Engagement in Zurich\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Critical Strategies of The Girl Rosemarie\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Bread of Those Early Years as Transitional Film\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/b\u003e Adapting the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038912905559,"sku":"9780857456175","price":20.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857456175.jpg?v=1750941910","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dismantling-the-dream-factory-9780857456175","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}