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Willing seduction : the blue angel, Marlene Dietrich and mass culture.

Josef von Sternberg's 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is among the best known films of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). A significant landmark as one of Germany's first major sound films, it is known primarily for launching Marlene Dietrich into Hollywood stardom and for initiat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kosta, Barbara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2009.
Series:Film Europa ; v. 8.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title page-Willing Seduction; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1-Mass Entertainment and "Serious" Culture; Chapter 2-Distraction, Deception, and Visuality; Chapter 3-Disillusionment and Esprit: Weimar's Modern Woman; Chapter 4-The Seductions of Sound; Chapter 5-The Actuality of the Blue Angel: Dietrich, Germany, and Mass Culture; Fade Out: The Credits; Bibliography; Index.