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University of Texas Feminism Film Fascism Womens Autobiographical Film in Postwar Germany by Susan E. Linville
German Society'S Inability And/Or Refusal To Come To Terms With Its Nazi Past Has Been Analyzed In Many Cultural Works, Including The Well-Known Books Society Without The Father And The Inability To Mourn. In This Pathfinding Study, Susan Linville Challenges The Accepted Wisdom Of These Books By Focusing On A Cultural Realm In Which Mourning For The Nazi Past And Opposing The Patriarchal And Authoritarian Nature Of Postwar German Culture Are Central Concerns-Namely, Women'S Feminist Auto/Biographical Films Of The 1970S And 1980S.After A Broad Survey Of Feminist Theory, Linville Analyzes Five Important Films That Reflect Back On The Third Reich Through The Experiences Of Women Of Different Ages-Marianne Rosenbaum'S Peppermint Peace, Helma Sanders-Brahms'S Germany, Pale Mother, Jutta Bruckner'S Hunger Years, Margarethe Von Trotta'S Marianne And Juliane, And Jeanine Meerapfel'S Malou. By Juxtaposing These Films With The Accepted Theories On German Culture, Linville Offers A Fresh Appraisal Not Only Of The Films' Importance But Especially Of Their Challenge To Misogynist Interpretations Of The German Failure To Grieve For The Horrors Of Its Nazi Past.