Nazisploitation! examines past intersections of National Socialism and popular cinema and the recent reemergence of this imagery in contemporary visual culture. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, films such as Love Camp 7 and Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS introduced and reinforced the image of Nazis as master paradigms of evil in what film theorists deem the 'sleaze' film. More recently, Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, as well as video games such as Call of Duty: World at War, have reinvented this iconography for new audiences. In these works, the violent Nazi becomes the hyperbolic caricature of the monstrous feminine or the masculine sadist. Power-hungry scientists seek to clone the F++hrer, and Nazi zombies rise from the grave. The history, aesthetic strategies, and political implications of such translations of National Socialism into the realm of commercial, low brow, and 'sleaze' visual culture are the focus of this book. The contributors examine when and why the Nazisploitation genre emerged as it did, how it establishes and violates taboos, and why this iconography resonates with contemporary audiences.
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Elizabeth Bridges is assistant professor of German at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Kristin Vander Lugt is assistant professor of German at Iowa State University. Daniel H. Magilow is assistant professor of German at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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By tracy dobbins
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This book is a great in-depth exploration of the genre! I loved the variety of films and cinematic themes examined.
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Excellent and THE book on the subject
17 Jan 2013
By German Studies Fan
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This is the perfect book for introducing "-xploitation" and German representation to students, critical thinkers, pop culture buffs, film enthusiasts, and everyone else. Please note: brain cells are required for reading. It has been a while since I picked up a relatively academic book (we rarely read non-legal materials as lawyers), so it was really invigorating to get this book.
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A great collection of *scholarly* *critical* work on the subject
17 Jan 2013
By Tyrone Slothrop
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As anybody can tell from looking at the detailed table of contents and introduction, this is not an encyclopedia or an exhaustive survey, much less a picture book for leather fans or a homage to "Nazi aesthetics." It is a scholarly work on a particular genre of film ("Nazisploitation"--it's the title!) of a certain time (roughly 1968-1980) and its broader cultural effects and implications. The volume, which I purchased elsewhere, has insightful and critical articles by up-and-coming younger and eminent senior scholars of German and Austrian film, including the much-awarded scholar, writer, and producer Robert von Dassanowsky. Anybody who reads this book is going to be smarter and better informed for it, but that means reading what's there and not lamenting that you wanted another book but ordered this one instead.
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