German Cinema - Terror and Trauma: Cultural Memory Since 1945

by Thomas Elsaesser

Book Overview

In German Cinema - Terror and Trauma Since 1945, Thomas Elsaesser reevaluates the meaning of the Holocaust for postwar German films and culture, while offering a reconsideration of trauma theory today. Elsaesser argues that Germany's attempts at "mastering the past" can be seen as both a failure and an achievement, making it appropriate to speak of an ongoing 'guilt management' that includes not only Germany, but Europe as a whole. In a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415709261
• ISBN13: 9780415709262
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"