Description: Coming Out by Kyle Frackman Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality.It took forty years for East Germanys state-run studios, DEFA, to produce a feature film about homosexuality: Coming Out. The films story seems radically ordinary today: a young teacher, Philipp, is gay but cannot accept the truth about his sexuality. He starts a relationship with a fellow teacher, Tanja, but falls in love with a man he meets, Matthias, whose confidence in his own self-understanding is alluring for him as well as a challenge. Acclaimed director Heiner Carow created a film that shows the difficulties, both internalized and external, that queer people faced in East Germany. In a quirk of history, Coming Out premiered in German theaters on November 9, 1989, the very night on which the Berlin Wall was opened, which meant the film was initially overshadowed, to say the least, by the earthshaking political events. Yet it remains a popular film and is regularly screened around the world, including prominently at queer film festivals. Kyle Frackmans book examines the film in both the late East German context of its creation and the international context of its reception. The book will be published in both paperback and Open Access form. Author Biography KYLE FRACKMAN is Associate Professor of German & Scandinavian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsHeiner Carow and Films Revolutionary PotentialHomosexuality in East GermanyThe Distress of Coming OutMelodrama and Its ExcessesRomance and the Love StoryPhilipp and Tanjas CourtshipQueer ExplorationChange and UpheavalA New BeginningComing Out and Reconciling IdentitiesAcceptanceRelease, Reception, and LegacyCreditsNotes Review Frackmans vast knowledge of the production context, archival materials and the actors own accounts proves spectacularly insightful on every page. He provides indispensable new perspectives for understanding the films many layers. * STUDIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA * Details ISBN1640140891 Author Kyle Frackman Series Camden House German Film Classics Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1640140891 ISBN-13 9781640140899 Format Paperback Series Number 9 Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint Camden House Inc Place of Publication Columbia, MD Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2022-03-29 AU Release Date 2022-03-29 NZ Release Date 2022-03-29 US Release Date 2022-03-29 UK Release Date 2022-03-29 Pages 108 Illustrations 35 colour illus. DEWEY 791.4372 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9781800103030 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135025656;
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