Siegfried Kracauer's American Writings

Essays on Film and Popular Culture

By:

Siegfried Kracauer

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism

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Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. In this book, Johannes von Moltke and Kristy Rawson have, for the first time assembled essays in cultural criticism, film, literature, and media theory that Kracauer wrote during the quarter century he spent in America after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. In the decades following his arrival in the United States, Kracauer commented on developments in American and European cinema, wrote on film noir and neorealism, examined unsettling political trends in mainstream cinema, and reviewed the contemporary experiments of avant-garde filmmakers. As a cultural critic, he also ranged far beyond cinema, intervening in debates regarding Jewish culture, unraveling national and racial stereotypes, and reflecting on the state of arts and humanities in the 1950s. These essays, together with the editors' introductions and an afterward by Martin Jay offer illuminating insights into the films and culture of the postwar years and provide a unique perspective on this eminent émigré intellectual.

Author Biography:

Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) was a member of the Frankfurt School, and is considered one of the great film critics of the 20th century. Johannes von Moltke is Associate Professor of German Studies and Screen Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, author of No Place Like Home: Locations of Heimat in German Cinema, (UC Press). Kristy Rawson is a graduate student in Screen Arts & Cultures at Michigan.

Release date Australia

June 1st, 2012

Author

Siegfried Kracauer

Series

Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism

Contributors

Afterword by Martin Jay
Edited by Johannes von Moltke
Edited by Kristy Rawson

Pages

304

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 b-w photograph

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780520271838

Product ID

25008217

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