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Zusatztext ...perceptive study...a thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues of contemprary 'Gedächtniskultur'. Informationen zum Autor Chloe Paver is Senior Lecturer in German in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Exeter. Klappentext This book examines the ways in which the Third Reich is represented in recent German and Austrian novels and films. It also examines other aspects of the commemoration of the Third Reich. It covers a wide range of genres, media, and issues, including documentary, gender, the linguistic politics of cinema, photography, memorials, and museums. Zusammenfassung This book examines the ways in which the Third Reich is represented in recent German and Austrian novels and films. It also examines other aspects of the commemoration of the Third Reich. It covers a wide range of genres, media, and issues, including documentary, gender, the linguistic politics of cinema, photography, memorials, and museums. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Beyond celebration: Michael Verhoeven's Das schreckliche Mädchen 2: Generation and nation: Peter Schneider's Vati and Bernhard Schlink's Der Vorleser 3: Documentary and gender: Helga Schubert's Judasfrauen, Helke Sander's BeFreier und Befreite, and Ruth Beckermann's Jenseits des Krieges 4: Sound effects and language barriers: Marcel Beyer's Flughunde, Michel Tournier's Le Roi des Aulnes, and Volker Schlöndorff's Der Unhold 5: Memorial landscapes: Mauthausen, Ebensee, and Christoph Ransmayr's Morbus Kitahara Conclusion Further reading and viewing
