LEADER 03916nam 2200709 450 001 9910453143003321 005 20220205004639.0 010 $a1-4426-6187-9 010 $a1-4426-7017-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442670174 035 $a(CKB)2550000000106069 035 $a(EBL)3277537 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000717199 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11412628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717199 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10725284 035 $a(PQKB)10767494 035 $a(CEL)438843 035 $a(OCoLC)772396220 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00228124 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3277537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671128 035 $a(DE-B1597)464003 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938867 035 $a(OCoLC)944178524 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442670174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671128 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256853 035 $a(OCoLC)958580986 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000106069 100 $a20160922h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRace under reconstruction in German cinema $eRobert Stemmle's Toxi /$fAngelica Fenner 210 1$aToronto, [Canada] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 1 $aGerman and European Studies 311 $a1-4426-4008-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Changing Postwar Landscape --$t2. Toxi's Allegorical Narrative: Adjoining Reality and Fantasy --$t3. Genealogy, Geography, and the Search for Origins --$t4. 'Black' Market Goods, White Consumer Culture --$t5. The Reterritorialization of Enjoyment in the Adenauer Era --$t6. Intertextual Echoes --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aRace Under Reconstruction in German Cinema investigates postwar racial formations via a pivotal West German film by one of the most popular and prolific directors of the era. The release of Robert Stemmle's Toxi (1952) coincided with the enrolment in West German schools of the first five hundred Afro-German children fathered by African-American occupation soldiers. The didactic plot traces the ideological conflicts that arise among members of a patrician family when they encounter an Afro-German child seeking adoption, herein broaching issues of integration at a time when the American civil rights movement was gaining momentum and encountering violent resistance.Perceptions of 'Blackness' in Toxi demonstrate continuities with those prevailing in Wilhelmine Germany, but also signal the influence of American social science discourse and tropes originating in icons of American popular culture, such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, Birth of a Nation, and several Shirley Temple films. By applying a Cultural Studies approach to individual film sequences, publicity photos, and press reviews, Angelica Fenner relates West German discourses around race and integration to emerging economic and political anxieties, class antagonism, and the reinstatement of conventional gender roles.The film Toxi is now available on DVD from the DEFA Film Library. 410 0$aGerman and European studies. 606 $aRace in motion pictures 606 $aBlack people in motion pictures 606 $aRace relations in motion pictures 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRace in motion pictures. 615 0$aBlack people in motion pictures. 615 0$aRace relations in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/72 700 $aFenner$b Angelica$0969824 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453143003321 996 $aRace under reconstruction in German cinema$92204342 997 $aUNINA