Erica Carter

The 1950s have passed into the history books as the period of the Federal Republic of Germany's so-called "economic miracle"; yet attention to women's roles in economic reconstruction has until now been negligible. In this book, Erica Carter explores how the development of a "social market economy" after 1949 gave a new centrality to consumers as key players in the economic life of the nation, and, in that process, gave women a new public significance. Public attention focused in particular on the nation's housewives, who were to train the populace for entry into a new world of consumer prosperity. Carter investigates this focus from two perspectives: in part 1, she tackles the political economy of postwar West German consumption, and in part 2, she looks at representations of the consuming woman across a range of popular cultural forms. Since visual imagery is discussed at length, the book is lavishly illustrated with advertisements, fashion photographs, film stills, and documentary photography from the period. How German Is She? also makes a distinctive contribution to questions of national identity. While many historians agree that nationalism was a spent force after 1945, Carter argues that concepts of nationhood survived in the rhetorics of public policy and in popular culture of the period. In this context, national and efficient consumption became a housewife's duty, not just to husband and family, but to the postwar "nation." The book will be of primary interest to scholars and students in German studies, women's studies, and cultural studies. Erica Carter is Research Fellow in German Studies, University of Warwick.

Postwar West German Reconstruction and the Consuming Woman

How German is She?

James Donald

Judith Squires

Reflecting the ideas and issues which have found themselves at the forefront of cultural theory and studies, this text addresses itself to the dilemmas and predicaments of the often bewildering experience of modern life, covering such diverse topics as ethnicity, architecture and urban spaces.

Theories of Identity and Location

Space and Place

Where Did My Nanny Go?

Deniz Göktürk

Tim Bergfelder

Claudia Sandberg

This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illuminate larger histories (Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann, Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs. The volume provides a methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a transnational horizon.

The German Cinema Book

In light of the new news of Morgan's pregnancy; she becomes even more confused about who she should be with. Not wanting to be a single mother, Morgan is determined to be with the father of her baby. She spends her pregnancy trying to get him back before the baby is born. The problem is, she isn't quite sure who she should be attempting to get back with. Some of her pregnancy is dedicated to causing trouble for two of the possible fathers and wanting to get away from the other.Levi and Precious are attempting to enjoy their new engagement. They're excited about getting married and starting a family of their own. Their love is tested when Morgan comes back into the picture. This loving couple will have a lot to consider now that Levi may have a baby on the way. He wants to focus on his relationship with Precious, but Morgan has been making it difficult in more ways than one.Love and loyalty will be tested. Hatred will be consumed. Who is the father of Morgan's baby? Who will she end up with in the end? Will Levi and Precious' new love survive or will Morgan succeed in tearing the couple apart?

I Thought She Loved Me 2

This text looks at the star system under the Third Reich. Following the experiments of Weimar, much of cinema after 1933 became part of a wider Nazi backlash against modernism in all its forms. This study contributes to contemporary debates concerning the historical study of film spectatorship.

Erica Carter

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