Contemporary Jewish Reality in Germany and Its Reflection in Film

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2013

Contemporary Jewish Reality in Germany and Its Reflection in Film

Edited by: Claudia Simone Dorchain and Felice Naomi Wonnenberg

Volume 2 in the series Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110265132

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The notion of “self” and “other” and its representation in artwork and literature is an important theme in current cultural sciences as well as in our everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Moreover, the concept of “self” and “other” and its imaginary dichotomy is gaining more and more political impact in a world of resurfacing ideology-ridden conflicts. The essays deal with Jewish reality in contemporary Germany and its reflection in movies from the special point of view of cultural sciences, political sciences, and religious studies. This anthology presents challengingly new insights into topics rarely covered, such as youth culture or humor, and finally discusses the images of Jewish life as realities still to be constructed.

Contributions by Claudia Simone Dorchain, Antonia Schmid, Tommaso Speccher, Katja S. Baumgärtner, Alina Gromova, Lea Wohl von Haselberg, Mareike Albers, Felice Naomi Wonnenberg, Barbara J. Steiner

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Claudia Simone Dorchain and Felice Naomi Wonnenberg, Kollegium Jüdische Studien, Humboldt University, Berlin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Claudia Simone Dorchain and Felice Naomi Wonnenberg Open Access Download PDF	1
Cusanus, Nietzsche, and Lacan on Reflection The Mirror as Philosophic and Political Concept Claudia Simone Dorchain Open Access Download PDF	5
Alterophilia or Appropriating the Other Images of ‘Jews’ and ‘Gentiles’ in Contemporary German Film Antonia Schmid Open Access Download PDF	17
A Passage to Modernity – The “Iconic Turn” and “Jewish Reality” Interview with Tommaso Speccher Open Access Download PDF	37
Some Filmic Heroines and ‘Others’ in the GDR Documentary Women in Ravensbrück (1968) Memorials and Memories Katja S. Baumgärtner Open Access Download PDF	51
A City of Mind Berlin in the Perception of Young Russian-Speaking Jewish Migrants Alina Gromova Open Access Download PDF	71
Between Self and Other Representations of Mixed Relationships in Contemporary German Film and Television Lea Wohl Von Haselberg Open Access Download PDF	85
“Unkosher Jewish” – Jewish Popular Culture in Berlin Mareike Albers Open Access Download PDF	99
“Morbid Beauty” as an Aesthetic Concept to Portray “the Jew” in German Film Interview with Felice Naomi Wonnenberg Open Access Download PDF	111
Between Guilt and Repression – Conversion to Judaism after the Shoa Barbara J. Steiner Open Access Download PDF	123
Can’t Get No Satisfaction The Desexualization of the Jewish Man in Contemporary German Film Felice Naomi Wonnenberg Open Access Download PDF	139
Intra-Activities of the Queer Diaspora Berlin-Kreuzberg and the “Jerusalem Kings” Phenomenon Katrin Köppert Open Access Download PDF	157
The Long Shadow of the Holy Cross Jewish-Christian Gender-Images in Max Färberböck’s movie Aimée und Jaguar Claudia Simone Dorchain Open Access Download PDF	171
The Dead Jew as Eternal Other Loss and Identification in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin Tommaso Speccher Open Access Download PDF	189
Sissy and the Muscle-Jew Go to the Movies The Image of the Jewish Man in Film after 1945 and Its Reception in Germany Felice Naomi Wonnenberg Open Access Download PDF	205
Spaces of Memory – Reflections on Social Transformation at the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe Interview with Irit Dekel Open Access Download PDF	231
Authors Open Access Download PDF	239
Index of Persons Open Access Download PDF	241

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Libraries, Institutes, Academics (Film Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Art History, Sociology, Political Science)
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 243
Keywords: Jewish Identity; Film; Germany

eBook

Published: December 6, 2012
ISBN: 9783110265132

Hardcover

Published: November 28, 2012
ISBN: 9783110265125