Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape

by Ofer Ashkenazi

Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape studies an overlooked yet fundamental element of German popular culture in the twentieth century. In tracing Jewish filmmakers' contemplations of "Heimat"--a provincial German landscape associated with belonging and authenticity--it analyzes their distinctive contribution to the German identity discourse between 1918 and 1968. In its emphasis on rootedness and homogeneity Heimat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472132016
• ISBN13: 9780472132010
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"