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03791aam a2200481 i 4500 001 9A9D0B2CFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 200430t20202020miua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020011743 020 $a 0472132016 020 $a 9780472132010 035 $a (OCoLC)1114831199 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d EYM $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d PAU $d J9U $d OCLCO $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9.H4 $b A84 2020 082 00 $a 791.43/6552 $2 23 100 1 $a Ashkenazi, Ofer, $e author. 245 10 $a Anti-heimat cinema : $b the Jewish invention of the German landscape / $c Ofer Ashkenazi. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2020. 300 $a ix, 302 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany 520 $a "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 seemed to challenge the validity and significance of Jewish emancipation. Several acculturation-seeking Jewish artists and intellectuals, however, endeavored to conceive a notion of Heimat that would rather substantiate their belonging. This book considers Jewish filmmakers' contribution to this endeavor. It shows how they devised the landscapes of the German "Homeland" as Jews, namely, as acculturated, "outsiders within." Through appropriation of generic Heimat imagery, the films discussed in the book integrate criticism of national chauvinism into German mainstream culture from World War One to the Cold War. Consequently, these Jewish filmmakers anticipated the anti-Heimat film of the ensuing decades, and functioned as an uncredited inspiration for the critical New German Cinema"-- $c Provided by publisher 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-288) and index. 505 80 $g 6. $t History as Heimat: The Puzzling German Landscapes of Konrad Wolf. $g 2. $t The Menace and Promise of Heimat in the Early Weimar Era: E. A. Dupont's Cinematic Landscapes -- $g 3. $t The Weimar Legacy: Helmar Lerski and the Outing of the Anti-Heimat Film -- $g 4. $t The Beloved Soil of the Vaterland: Returning Exiles and the West German Landscape -- $g 5. $t No Way Back: Jewish Remigres and the City as Heimat -- $g 6. $t History as Heimat: The Puzzling German Landscapes of Konrad Wolf. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Heimatfilme $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Jews in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Jews in the motion picture industry $z Germany. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Heimatfilme. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00954512 650 7 $a Jews in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983390 650 7 $a Jews in the motion picture industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983398 650 7 $a Motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027285 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Ashkenazi, Ofer. $t Anti-heimat cinema. $d Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020 $z 9780472126910 $w (OCoLC)1154124807 $w (OCoLC)1154124807 830 0 $a Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317013952.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A9D0B2CFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search