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Book SynopsisA comparative analysis of Nazi productions with classical Hollywood films of the same era.
Trade Review"Prof. Heins (UVa) demonstrates that the most popular motion picture genre under the Nazi regime was not war or propaganda pictures, as one might expect, but rather domestic and romantic melodramas. There are many surprises in her analysis. . . .
Nazi Film Melodrama will be of particular interest to students of war films, as German servicemen and the Second World War form the backdrop of most of these pictures."--
NYMAS Review"Through substantial chapters on romance, domestic and home-front melodrama, Laura Heins explores a universal genre in a very particular time and place. Triangulated with Nazi film and melodrama are gender politics. Drawing out convincing contradictions between theory and practice in Nazi cultural politics, the author catalogues sometimes surprising themes in these films."--
American Historical Review"A work of astute research carried out in careful study of films and archives and scrutiny of contemporary writings,
Nazi Film Melodrama is a pathfinding investigation of the interplay of ideology, popular culture and cinematic genres."--
Express Milwaukee"A significant addition to the study of German cinema. Through nuanced arguments and compelling evidence, Heins challenges our understanding of the role of not only melodramatic elements but of the body, desire, gendered identity, and sexuality in German cinema during the Third Reich."--Lutz Koepnick, author of
The Dark Mirror: German Cinema between Hitler and Hollywood"Highly Recommended."--
Choice"
Nazi Film Melodrama is an important addition to scholarship on film of the Third Reich, and promises to open up new interest in the complexities of gender and cinematic production of the era."--
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