Imperial Projections

Screening the German Colonies
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78533-513-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 322 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Film Europa

The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film industry, films of the colonies were welcomed by organizations such as the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). The films triggered patriotic feelings but also addressed the audience as travelers, explorers, wildlife protectionists, and participants in unique cultural events. This book is the first in-depth analysis of colonial filmmaking in the Wilhelmine Era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fuhrmann, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Filmindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: THE BEGINNING OF COLONIAL FILM CULTURE IN IMPERIAL GERMANY

Chapter 1. From the Variety Theatre to the German Colonial Society

Chapter 2. Carl Müller: A Colonial Film Maker

Chapter 3. The DKG’s Film Shows: The Colonies in Motion

PART II: ADDRESSING THE MASSES

Chapter 4. The ‘Hottentot Election’ of 1907

Chapter 5. The DKG’s Kinematographenkampagne

Chapter 6. Rise and Fall of the Kinemtographenkampagne

PART III: ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKING IN THE COLONIES

Chapter 7. Karl Weule in German East Africa

Chapter 8. The Expedition in Context: Modern German Ethnography

Chapter 9. Filming in the Colonies: Training and Improvisation

PART IV: TOURISM, ENTERTAINMENT, AND COLONIAL IDEOLOGY

Chapter 10. Colonial Films in Public Cinema

Chapter 11. The Colonial Travelogue

Chapter 12. Colonial Films in Transition: Robert Schumann’s Comeback

PART V: COLONIAL FILM PROPAGANDA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Chapter 13. Setting Up Colonial War Propaganda

Chapter 14. The Deutsche Kolonial-Filmgesellschaft (DEUKO)

Conclusion

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fuhrmann, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Fuhrmann teaches film at the University of Zurich’s Department of Film Studies. From 2005–2008 he was Director of the DFG Research Project “Film and Ethnography in Germany 1900–1930,” and has held teaching positions in Germany, Switzerland, and the Americas. He has published on German colonial cinema, early ethnographic filmmaking, historical film reception, and transnational film history.

Wolfgang Fuhrmann teaches film at the University of Zurich’s Department of Film Studies. From 2005–2008 he was Director of the DFG Research Project “Film and Ethnography in Germany 1900–1930,” and has held teaching positions in Germany, Switzerland, and the Americas. He has published on German colonial cinema, early ethnographic filmmaking, historical film reception, and transnational film history.