Willing Seduction : : ‹I›The Blue Angel‹/I›, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture / / Barbara Kosta.
Josef von Sternberg’s 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is among the best known films of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). A significant landmark as one of Germany’s first major sound films, it is known primarily for launching Marlene Dietrich into Hollywood stardom and for initiating the my...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film Europa ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Mass Entertainment and “Serious” Culture
- 2 Distraction, Deception, and Visuality
- 3 Disillusionment and Esprit: Weimar’s Modern Woman
- 4 The Seductions of Sound
- 5 The Actuality of The Blue Angel: Dietrich, Germany, and Mass Culture
- Fade Out: The Credits
- Bibliography
- Index