The Uncanny Gaze The Drama of Early German Cinema by Heide Schlupmann PAPERBACK

The Uncanny GazeThe Drama of Early German Cinema\nAuthor(s): Heide Schlupmann, Inga Pollmann, Miriam Hansen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252076718, 978-0252076718\nSynopsis\nHeide Schlpmann's classic study of early German cinema was published in German as Unheimlichkeit des Blicks: Das Drama des Frhen deutschen Kinos in 1990. For the first time in English, this translation makes available her feminist examination of German cinema and Germany in the sociopolitical context of Wilhelmine society. By examining then-unknown pre-World War I narrative films, this study paints a picture of the conflicted early years of the German cinema. During this period cinema and film production were able to develop independently from the cultural bourgeoisie and relied on those forces excluded from high \""culture\"": technology, business, performers, showmen, and actors. In cinema, the dime novel and kitsch.