Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema [Hardcover]

Roel Vande Winkel (Editor), David Welch (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1403994919 | ISBN-13: 978-1403994912 | Publication Date: April 23, 2007 | Edition: First Edition

Cinema and the Swastika is the first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to infiltrate - economically, politically and culturally - the film industries of 20 countries and regions either occupied by, friendly with or neutral towards Nazi Germany. With contributions from internationally acclaimed specialists, the territory covered includes Western and Central Europe, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, Spain, South Americas and the USA. This book also features assessments of the International Film Chamber, through which the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, tried to lead the 'Film Europe' movement, and of Hispano Film, through which German cinema tried to conquer Spanish markets.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Cinema and the Swastika was rightfully awarded the Willy Haas Award for outstanding publication on German cinema at Cinefest 2007 in Hamburg.  The contributions are stimulating, informative, and jargon-free. This book belongs in the reference collection of anyone engaged in the study of German politics, culture or film history from 1933 until 1945." -- Horst Claus, Filmblatt

About the Author

ROEL VANDE WINKEL is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belgian Research Foundation - Flanders, member of the Working Group Film & TV Studies (Ghent University) and Visiting Professor at the Sint Lukas Hogeschool Brussel. He has published on various topics relating to Belgian and German film and media history. He is the European book review editor for the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and preparing the book publication of his PhD thesis on Nazi newsreels in occupied Europe, 1939-1945.

DAVID WELCH is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War at the University of Kent, UK. His books include Modern European History, 1871-2000 (1999), Germany, Propaganda and Total War 1914-18 (2000), Hitler: Profile of a Dictator (2001), The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (2002) and Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-45 (2001, 2006). He is co-author of Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to Present (2003) and is the general editor of Routledge's Sources in History series.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (April 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403994919
• ISBN-13: 978-1403994912
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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