German Television: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

Published by Berghahn Books 2016

German Television

Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

Edited by: Larson Powell and Robert Shandley

Volume 19 in the series Film Europa

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785331138

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About this book

Long overlooked by scholars and critics, the history and aesthetics of German television have only recently begun to attract serious, sustained attention, and then largely within Germany. This ambitious volume, the first in English on the subject, provides a much-needed corrective in the form of penetrating essays on the distinctive theories, practices, and social-historical contexts that have defined television in Germany. Encompassing developments from the dawn of the medium through the Cold War and post-reunification, this is an essential introduction to a rich and varied media tradition.

Author / Editor information

Larson Powell is Professor of German and Film Studies at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. His publications include the books The Technological Unconscious in Modern German Literature (2008) and a volume on post-1945 electronic media arts, The Differentiation of Modernism (2013).

Robert Shandley is Professor of German and Film Studies at Texas A&M University. His most recent books include Hogan's Heroes (TV Milestones Series, 2011) and Runaway Romances: Hollywood's Postwar Tour of Europe (2009).

Larson Powell is Professor of German and Film Studies at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. His publications include the books The Technological Unconscious in Modern German Literature (2008) and a volume on post-1945 electronic media arts, The Differentiation of Modernism (2013).

Reviews

“This collection of essays is the first of its kind in English … this volume offers well-researched, in-depth reflection on the subject of German television ranging from historical overview to case study and spanning the history of West and East Germany, the key relationship between film and television, and the transnational dimensions of programming, technology and audience.” · Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction. German Television: Culture, Technology, or Cultural Technology? Larson Powell and Robert Shandley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Technical Prehistory and Theoretical Approaches
1. The Third Image: Contingencies and Ruptures in the Technological History of Television Wolfgang Hagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Boredom, War, and Paradox: German Theories of Television Larson Powell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Part II. GDR Television
3. “Just Like in the West, Except Diff erent”: Television and Its Relationship to Film in the Context of 1950s GDR Development Thomas Beutelschmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Adventures in Stagnation: Gott fried Kolditz’s Unfi lmed Project Zimtpiraten Evan Torner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Part III. Television in the Federal Republic: Auteurist TV
5. “A Challenge, Maybe the Greatest for a Filmmaker”: Televisual Perspectives on Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Martha (1974) Brad Prager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6. Nah am Fern: Kluge TV Stefanie Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Part IV. Present and Future Perspectives
7. Television History in Germany: Media-Political and Media-Ethical Aspects Rüdiger Steinmetz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8. Germany as TV Show Import Market Lothar Mikos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9. Heritage, Heimat, and German Historical “Event Television”: Nico Hofmann’s teamWorx Paul Cooke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
10. Once Upon a Crime: Tatort, Germany’s Longest Running Police Procedural Bärbel Göbel-Stolz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 242
Keywords: Film and Television Studies; Media Studies

eBook

Published: August 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781785331138