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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823110103321

Autore

Ascheid Antje

Titolo

Hitler's Heroines [[electronic resource] ] : Stardom & Womanhood In Nazi Cinema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-59213-843-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Culture And The Moving Image

Disciplina

791.43/658

791.430943

Soggetti

Harvey, Lilian

Leander, Zarah

Motion pictures - Germany - History

National socialism and motion pictures

So ̈derbaum, Kristina

S'oderbaum, Kristina

Women in motion pictures

Motion pictures

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Film

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Nazi Culture? National Socialism, Stardom, and Female Representation; 2. Kristina Soderbaum: The Myth of Naturalness, Sacrifice, and the ""Reich's Water Corpse""; 3. Lilian Harvey: International Stardom, German Comedy, and the ""Dream Couple""; 4. Diva, Mother, Martyr: The Many Faces of Zarah Leander; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

German film-goers flocked to see musicals and melodramas during the Nazi era. Although the Nazis seemed to require that every aspect of ordinary life advance the fascist project, even the most popular films depicted characters and desires that deviated from the politically correct ideal. Probing into the contradictory images of womanhood that surfaced in these films, Antje Ascheid shows how Nazi heroines



negotiated the gender conflicts that confronted contemporary women.The careers of Kristina Soderbaum, Lilian Harvey, and Zarah Leander speak to the Nazis' need to address and contain the ""wom