Dorchain / Wonnenberg Contemporary Jewish Reality in Germany and Its Reflection in Film

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-026513-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 249 Seiten

Reihe: Europäisch-jüdische Studien ? BeiträgeISSN

The notion of “self” and “other” and its representation in artwork and literature is an important theme in current cultural sciences as well as in our everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Moreover, the concept of “self” and “other” and its imaginary dichotomy is gaining more and more political impact in a world of resurfacing ideology-ridden conflicts. The essays deal with Jewish reality in contemporary Germany and its reflection in movies from the special point of view of cultural sciences, political sciences, and religious studies. This anthology presents challengingly new insights into topics rarely covered, such as youth culture or humor, and finally discusses the images of Jewish life as realities still to be constructed.

Zielgruppe

Libraries, Institutes, Academics (Film Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Art History, Sociology, Political Science)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dorchain, Claudia Simone

Wonnenberg, Felice Naomi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Moderne & Gegenwart
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Introduction;7
2;Cusanus, Nietzsche, and Lacan on Reflection. The Mirror as Philosophic and Political Concept;11
3;Alterophilia or Appropriating the Other. Images of ‘Jews’ and ‘Gentiles’ in Contemporary German Film;23
4;A Passage to Modernity - The “Iconic Turn” and “Jewish Reality”. Interview with Tommaso Speccher;43
5;Some Filmic Heroines and ‘Others’ in the GDR Documentary Women in Ravensbrück (1968);57
6;A City of Mind. Berlin in the Perception of Young Russian-Speaking Jewish Migrants;77
7;Lea Wohl von Haselberg Between Self and Other. Representations of Mixed Relationships in Contemporary German Film and Television;91
8;“Unkosher Jewish” - Jewish Popular Culture in Berlin;105
9;“Morbid Beauty” as an Aesthetic Concept to Portray “the Jew” in German Film. Interview with Felice Naomi Wonnenberg;117
10;Between Guilt and Repression - Conversion to Judaism after the Shoa;129
11;Can’t Get No Satisfaction. The Desexualization of the Jewish Man in Contemporary German Film;145
12;Intra-Activities of the Queer Diaspora. Berlin-Kreuzberg and the “Jerusalem Kings” Phenomenon;163
13;The Long Shadow of the Holy Cross. Jewish-Christian Gender-Images in Max Färberböck’s movie Aimée und Jaguar;177
14;The Dead Jew as Eternal Other. Loss and Identification in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin;195
15;Sissy and the Muscle-Jew Go to the Movies. The Image of the Jewish Man in Film after 1945 and Its Reception in Germany;211
16;Spaces of Memory - Reflections on Social Transformation at the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe. Interview with Irit Dekel;237
17;Authors;245
18;Index of Persons;247

Über Autor(innen)

Claudia Simone Dorchain and Felice Naomi Wonnenberg, Kollegium Jüdische Studien, Humboldt University, Berlin.