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The Negotiation of Collective Identities in German Cinema after Unification

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Summary, in English

This article analyses the negotiation of German identities in two films of the ‘newer German cinema’: Sonnenallee/Sun Alley (Haussmann 1999) and Schultze gets the blues (Schorr 2003). It argues that the former represents a defiant stance towards a dominant West German narrative which devalorizes the lived experiences of former GDR citizens. As a consequence, east and west are consolidated as relevant categories of identification. In contrast, the article argues that Schultze gets the blues represents a post-national tendency in newer German cinema, which dissolves the east-west axis and instead foregrounds regional and post-national identities.

Department/s

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

53-68

Publication/Series

Studies in Eastern European Cinema

Volume

3

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • History

Keywords

  • nostalgia
  • post-communism
  • German film
  • GDR
  • unification
  • post-national

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2040-350X