Ministry of Illusion - Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife

during the regime and as productions that continue to enjoy wide attention today--show that entertainment is often much more than innocent pleasure.

Info autore

Eric Rentschler is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

Riassunto

Eric Rentschler argues that cinema in the Third Reich emanated from a Ministry of Illusion and not from a Ministry of Fear. His analysis of the sophisticated media culture of this period demonstrates in an unprecedented way the potent and destructive powers of fascination and fantasy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eric Rentschler, Rentschler Eric
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1996
• EAN: 9780674576407
• ISBN: 978-0-674-57640-7
• Peso: 631 g
• Illustrazioni: 40 halftones, 4 tables, 2 line illustrations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Film, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism