Imperial Projections : : Screening the German Colonies / / Wolfgang Fuhrmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Fuhrmann, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Film Europa ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)

The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film industry, films of the colonies were welcomed by organizations such as the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). The films triggered patriotic feelings but also addressed the audience as travelers, explorers, wildlife protectionists, and participants in unique cultural events. This book is the first in-depth analysis of colonial filmmaking in the Wilhelmine Era.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I THE BEGINNING OF COLONIAL FILM CULTURE IN IMPERIAL GERMANY -- Chapter 1 FROM THE VARIETY THEATRE TO THE GERMAN COLONIAL SOCIETY -- Chapter 2 CARL MÜLLER A Colonial Filmmaker -- Chapter 3 THE DKG’S FILM SHOWS The Colonies in Motion -- PART II ADDRESSING THE MASSES -- Chapter 4 THE ‘HOTTENTOT ELECTION’ OF 1907 -- Chapter 5 THE DKG’S KINEMATOGRAPHENKAMPAGNE -- Chapter 6 RISE AND FALL OF THE KINEMATOGRAPHENKAMPAGNE -- PART III ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKING IN THE COLONIES -- Chapter 7 KARL WEULE IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA -- Chapter 8 THE EXPEDITION IN CONTEXT Modern German Ethnography -- Chapter 9 FILMING IN THE COLONIES Training and Improvisation -- PART IV TOURISM, ENTERTAINMENT AND COLONIAL IDEOLOGY -- Chapter 10 COLONIAL FILMS IN PUBLIC CINEMA -- Chapter 11 THE COLONIAL TRAVELOGUE -- Chapter 12 COLONIAL FILMS IN TRANSITION Robert Schumann’s Comeback -- PART V COLONIAL FILM PROPAGANDA DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- Chapter 13 SETTING UP COLONIAL WAR PROPAGANDA -- Chapter 14 THE DEUTSCHE KOLONIAL-FILMGESELLSCHAFT (DEUKO) -- CONCLUSION Beyond the Colonial Era -- FILMOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX