Our Nazis: Representations of Fascism in Contemporary Literature and Film - Rilegato

Rau, Petra

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ISBN 10: 0748668640 ISBN 13: 9780748668649

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2013

Riassunto

An analysis of the resurgent cultural fascination with Nazism since 1989. Why has a fascination with fascism re-emerged after the Cold War? What is its cultural function now, in an era of commemoration? Focusing particularly on the British context, this study offers the first analysis of contemporary popular and literary fiction, film, TV and art exhibitions about Nazis and Nazism. Petra Rau brings this material into dialogue with earlier responses to fascism and demonstrates how, paradoxically, Nazism has been both mediated and mythologised to the extent that it now often replaces a critical engagement with actual, violent history.In 5 thematic chapters on Nazi Noir, Men in Uniform, Vile Bodies, The Good German and Meta-Cinematic Farce, Rau provides close analysis of contemporary novels such as Jason Lutes' graphic novel series Berlin, historical crime fiction by Philip Kerr and others, Robert Harris'Fatherland, Ian McEwan's Black Dogs and Justin Cartwright's The Song Before It Is Sung; films such as Bryan Singer'sValkyrie and Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards; art installations includingMirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art, and Fucking Hell by Jake and Dinos Chapman; and Piotr Uklanski's photo frieze,Untitled (The Nazis).

Su questo libro

Recensione:

This energetically written book will certainly make an important and timely contribution to current debates on the legacy of the Second World War --Victoria Stewart, University of Leicester

L'autore:

Petra Rau is Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0748668640
• ISBN 13: 9780748668649
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 214