Creech, Jennifer L.,

Mothers, comrades, and outcasts in East German women's films / Jennifer L. Creech. - Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016. - xxi, 280 pages : illustrations ; - New directions in national cinemas .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index.

Introduction: rescuing history from the ruins -- Happily ever after? the emancipatory politics of female desire in Lot's wife -- The lonely woman? (re)production and feminine desire in the Bicycle and on probation -- Pleasure in seeing ourselves? all my girls -- Real women: goodbye to winter and the documentary women's film -- Conclusion: after the fall.

9780253023018 (softcover : alk. paper) 9780253022691 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Motion pictures for women--Germany (East).
Motion pictures--Germany (East)
Women in motion pictures.

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