| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Contemporary approaches to film and media series
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Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. |
| Contents |
The world turned upside down : changing society, changing gender roles, changing medium in Weimar Germany -- The eyes of the mummy (Die Augen der Mumie Mâ, Ernst Lubitsch, 1918) : from the monster with the "eyes that live" to the passive object of the male gaze -- Uncanny tales (Unheimliche Geschichten, Richard Oswald, 1919) : the many guises of the dangerous woman -- Warning shadows (Schatten : Eine nächtliche Halluzination, Artur Robison, 1923) : transgression, abjection, projection -- The hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände, Robert Wiene, 1924) : war trauma, injury, and the return to a changed world -- A daughter of destiny (Alraune, Henrik Galeen, 1928) and daughter of evil (Alraune, Richard Oswald, 1930) : from dangerous hybrid to self-sacrificing woman. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Women in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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Uncanny, The (Psychoanalysis)
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hans, Anjeana K., author. Gender and the uncanny in films of the Weimar Republic 9780814338940 (DLC) 2014931742 (OCoLC)870987780 |
| ISBN |
9780814338940 |
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0814338941 |
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9780814338957 electronic bk. |
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081433895X electronic bk. |
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