Continental Connection - Germanspeaking Emigres and British Cinema, 192745

Informationen zum Autor Tobias Hochscherf is Professor of Audiovisual Media at the University of Applied Sciences Kiel in Germany Klappentext This study is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking émigrés to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II. Zusammenfassung This study is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking émigrés to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrationsAcknowedgments1. Introduction2. Transnational developments and migrants: the internationalisationof British studios, 1927-33Film Europe as prerequisite: transnational networks in European cinemaThe thriving film industry in the UK and the UFA crisisElstree as centre of immigration: Ewald André Dupont and BIPA new job for everyone? Immigration and the employment strategies of British production companies in the late 1920sInternationalism and the 'unpleasant emotional appeal': Cosmopolitan émigré films and their reception in Britain3. Refugees from the Third Reich: 1933-39 British immigration policies and the internment of émigrésLondon's émigré community and exile film genresÉmigrés and politics: censorship and propaganda before the warÉmigrés and displacement: Representations of the diaspora and recollections of the HeimatResentment and protectionism: Public opinion and the Association of Cinematograph Technicians (ACT)4. 'What a difference a war makes': German-speaking 'enemy aliens' and valuable allies, 1939-45British anti-Nazi films and German-speaking personnelRepresentations of émigrés after the declaration of war5. Conclusions: The Legacy of German-speaking Filmmakers in BritainAfterthought: Postwar Émigré Careers and the Question of Remigration, 1945-49Sources Select bibliography

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• Autori: Tobias Hochscherf, Hochscherf Tobias, Hochscherf Tobias
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9780719083099
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8309-9
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Films, cinema, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies