Popular Cinema of the Third Reich

by Sabine Hake

Book Overview

Too often dismissed as escapist entertainment or vilified as mass manipulation, popular cinema in the Third Reich was in fact sustained by well-established generic conventions, cultural traditions, aesthetic sensibilities, social practices, and a highly developed star system-not unlike its Hollywood counterpart in the 1930s. This pathfinding study contributes to the ongoing reassessment of Third Reich cinema by examining it as a social, cultural,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292734581
• ISBN13: 9780292734586
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"