Imperial projections: screening the German colonies
"The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film industry, films of the colonies were welcomed by organizations such as the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). The films triggered patriotic feelings but also addressed the audi…
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- Full title :Imperial projections : screening the German colonies / Wolfgang Fuhrmann.
Summary
"The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film industry, films of the colonies were welcomed by organizations such as the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). The films triggered patriotic feelings but also addressed the audience as travelers, explorers, wildlife protectionists, and participants in unique cultural events. This book is the first in-depth analysis of colonial filmmaking in the Wilhelmine Era."--
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- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Berghahn Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 309 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781782386971, 1782386971, 9781785335136, 1785335138
- oclc:ocn896862077
- LC Classification:PN1995.9.D6
- Dewey Decimal:070.1/8
Table of Contents
Introduction -- The beginning of colonial film culture in Imperial Germany. From the variety theatre to the German colonial society -- Carl Muller: a colonial film maker -- The DKG's film shows: the colonies in motion -- Addressing the masses. The 'Hottentot election' of 1907 -- The DKG's Kinematographenkampagne -- Rise and fall of the Kinemtographenkampagne -- Ethnographic filmmaking in the colonies -- Karl Weule in German East Africa -- The expedition in context: modern German ethnography -- Filming in the Colonies: Training and Improvisation -- Tourism, Entertainment, and Colonial Ideology. Colonial Films in Public Cinema -- The colonial travelogue -- Colonial films in transition: Robert Schumann's comeback -- Colonial film propaganda during the First World War. Setting up colonial war propaganda -- The Deutsche Kolonial-filmgesellschaft (DEUKO) -- Conclusion.
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