The Marriage of Maria Braun by Priscilla Layne Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Marriage of Maria Braun by Priscilla Layne A new reading of Fassbinders most popular film that highlights the roles of race and gender. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A new reading of Fassbinders most popular film that highlights the roles of race and gender.The Marriage of Maria Braun is the most popular film by the enfant terrible director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the leading exponent of the "New German Cinema" of the early sixties to early eighties. It exemplifies his use and abuse of the genre of melodrama. Set in the immediate postwar period and centered around a strong female protagonist, Maria Braun (1978) was the first film in a trilogy that attempts to work through West Germanys fraught past and the legacy of Nazi Germany through the eyes of characters marginalized by their gender, race, sexuality, or (dis)ability. Maria attempts to navigate the poverty and sexism of the immediate postwar years by making her relationships with men as beneficial as possible. In the end, she discovers she has been a pawn in a power game between her husband, long thought killed on the Eastern Front, and her long-time lover Bill, an African-American GI. Yet Maria is also complicit in racism and white patriarchy, a fact that scholarship on the film has barely registered. In her new reading, Priscilla Layne draws on archival research, Critical Race Theory, Black Feminist Thought, and Critical Whiteness Studies to expand on the role of race and gender in the film. Author Biography PRISCILLA LAYNE is Professor of German, with an adjunct appointment in African, African American and Diaspora Studies, at the University of North Carolina. Table of Contents Rising from the AshesRace and Gender in Postwar German SocietyAn Explosive BeginningMilking MelodramaDrama in Black and WhiteLove Stories Set in a War ZoneUndermining MelodramaFassbinders StyleMusicA War Widow?Coca Cola-nizationIntersectionalityThe Melodrama of RaceEconomic WonderwomanAn Explosive EndingAfterlife on the StageCreditsNotes Details ISBN1571135049 Author Priscilla Layne Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Edition Description Paperback original Series Camden House German Film Classics Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781571135049 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-09-17 Imprint Camden House Inc Place of Publication Columbia, MD Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781787446700 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2024-09-17 ISBN-10 1571135049 UK Release Date 2024-09-17 Pages 128 Illustrations 42 colour and 1 b/w illus. DEWEY 791.4372 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161364506;

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