Cultural History through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

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This collection of essays offers a view of Nazi Germany through an analysis of twenty films. These represent a sampling of the period's directors and reflect the film medium's major genres. For in spite of the control that Goebbels's film industry exercised over all aspects of filmmaking in the Third Reich, the films reveal an individuality that belies subsuming them under any one rubric or containing them within any one theory. Films such as I>Hitlerjunge Quex, Die groe Liebe, and Auf Wiedersehen Franziska represent the Nazi film industry's efforts to propagandize through entertainment. Others such as Immensee, Kleider machen Leute, and Der Schimmelreiter reveal an attempt to expropriate Germany's rich literary past for the regime. These literary adaptations and films like Glückskinder, La Habanera, and Der Kaiser von Kalifornien today seem void of Nazi ideology if viewed outside the context of Nazism. Yet another film, Der ewige Jude, shocks us with its virulent anti-Semitism and hateful propaganda almost sixty years after its release. All of the films treated, regardless of their fame or notoriety or the level of commitment of their directors to the Nazi cause, played an important role in a cinema that not only represents the dreams and lives of the citizens of the Third Reich, but influenced them as well.Robert C. Reimer is professor of German at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema (Culture and the Moving Image)

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Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema (Culture and the Moving Image)
Antje Ascheid
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ASIN: 1566399831

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German film-goers flocked to see musicals and melodramas during the Nazi era. Although the Nazis seemed to require that every aspect of ordinary life advance the fascist project, even the most popular films depicted characters and desires that deviated from the politically correct ideal. Probing into the contradictory images of womanhood that surfaced in these films, Antje Ascheid shows how Nazi heroines negotiated the gender conflicts that confronted contemporary women.

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"This is an immaculately researched, sophisticatedly argued investigation into the richly varied aspects of popular cinema during the Third Reich. . . . The result is an impressive, highly informative, and insightful book." --Alice Kuzniar, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Too often dismissed as escapist entertainment or vilified as mass manipulation, popular cinema in the Third Reich was in fact sustained by well-established generic conventions, cultural traditions, aesthetic sensibilities, social practices, and a highly developed star system--not unlike its Hollywood counterpart in the 1930s. This pathfinding study contributes to the ongoing reassessment of Third Reich cinema by examining it as a social, cultural, economic, and political practice that often conflicted with, contradicted, and compromised the intentions of the Propaganda Ministry. Nevertheless, by providing the illusion of a public sphere presumably free of politics, popular cinema helped to sustain the Nazi regime, especially during the war years. Rather than examining Third Reich cinema through overdetermined categories such as propaganda, ideology, or fascist aesthetics, Sabine Hake concentrates on the constituent elements shared by most popular cinemas: famous stars, directors, and studios; movie audiences and exhibition practices; popular genres and new trends in set design; the reception of foreign films; the role of film criticism; and the representation of women. She pays special attention to the forced coordination of the industry in 1933, the changing demands on cinema during the war years, and the various ways of coming to terms with these filmic legacies after the war. Throughout, Hake's findings underscore the continuities among Weimar, Third Reich, and post-1945 West German cinema. They also emphasize the codevelopment of German and other national cinemas, especially the dominant Hollywood model.

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For Experts Only.......2002-11-13

This book is not an overview of popular cinema of the Nazi era. It is an examination of 9 separate topics pertaining to the popular cinema of the 1933-45 era. While these chapter/essays are arranged in chronological order, reading this book does not give anyone a cohert picture of what Nazi Popular Cinema was like.

Some of the essays are good, such as the one on two comedies of 1933 and the fate of Nazi era actors after the War. However, the more abstract the topic of an essay, such as how set design reveals attitudes toward "modernity," the less interesting it is for the general reader curious about the topic of Nazi Popular Cinema.

Thomas Elsaesser's "The Ministry of Illusion" or (to a lesser extent) "Entertaining the Third Reich" would be far more helpful to the American reader who is seeking to understand the controversial films of the Nazi era.

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Popular Cinema of the Third Reich
Sabine Hake
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback
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Singer Tony Orlando is recognized everywhere for his 1970s heyday with Dawn, but his career didn't begin with a variety show and a string of #1 pop hits. In the early '60s, Tony was a teen idol, with top-selling songs like 'Halfway to Paradise.' He worked with songwriters like Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and was part of the creative ferment symbolized by the Brill Building in New York and fronted by flamboyant showmen like Murray the K and Don Kirschner. In a rare transition, Tony became a successful music executive before he was lured back onstage in the early '70s. His life as a pop icon was full of contradictions: he was the reliable, squeaky-clean performer who always pleased the crowd, but offstage he was plagued by depression and cocaine addiction. His highs were high-and very public-while his lows were low and private: from the constant care required by his beloved sister Rhonda, born with cerebal palsy, to the death of his dearest friend Freddie Prinze.

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Tony Bares His Soul.......2007-01-18

Tony Orlando has provided us with a look at his life from growing up near Hell's Kitchen in New York City where he began as a doo wop singer until he settled down in the Ozarks of Missouri during the 21st century. In between Tony relates stories of those who helped to get him started in music such as Don Kirshner located at 1650 Broadway where several music publishers and record companies had their headquarters. His heyday as a performer, of course, was during the mid 1970's when his television show with Dawn was a weekly favorite. Interesting stories regarding guests such as Jackie Gleason, Danny Thomas, George Burns, and others are related in this part of the book. It is also a story of infidelity and heartbreak. The downward spiral began with his introduction to cocaine thanks to the lovable Fred Sanford, Redd Foxx, and the death of close friend Freddie Prinze to a suicide. His experiences at a Massachusetts mental hospital are included along with his assistance to the suffering Murray the K during his final days. However, the story of Tony Orlando has a happy ending to date with his marriage to his present wife and move to Missouri. Each of us are a part of all that we have met and Tony Orlando gives ample credit to those who helped him along the way throughout his life. This is an easy to read book and anyone who enjoyed his television show during the 1970's will enjoy this book. By the way, purchase the DVD set available at Amazon and relive those enjoyable times as well.

Another Show Biz Life.......2006-04-25

I suppose what makes this autobiography of a celebrity different is that is has pretty much a happy ending--Orlando gets over his drug use, gets into a satisfying marriage and seems to be living a happy existence. His popularity doesn't sound to be too much these days, but everyone has to wind down at some point. He's had a moderately successful career and he was very candid and open and so there was nothing really to "read into" his story here. What you read is what it is. It's all true. Just keep the weight off Tony.

Great read!.......2004-11-30

I must admit that my knowledge of Tony Orlando wasn't much more than watching him on TV in the 70's with Dawn. My husband and I recently went to a concert of his in Connecticut. We loved the concert and were mesmerized by his charismatic showmanship and his energetic style. He is a truly unselfish performer that gives credit and the spotlight to his backups. One young man did a Led Zeppelin number that knocked our socks off. When someone in the audience wanted him to sign their book, I knew it was a book I wanted to read. There was obviously more to him than just "Tying a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree."

I found this book to be a real page-turner. Anyone that has an interest in the nostalgic days of music will find themselves engrossed in this honest, well told autobiography. Mr. Orlando's association with the top names in the music industry is a virtual Who's Who. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I found it to be a painfully honest look back at a young man's rise to fame, fall from grace, and his ultimate journey back up the ladder.

Nobody's Perfect.......2003-10-07

When they say, "My life is an open book" they are talking about Tony Orlando. His honesty is refreshing and gives insight to the kind of person he is. One has to remember that although he is a performer, he is a human being first and is therefore given the right of privacy. He did not have to write this book but I am more than happy he did. He has been my hero since I was eight. At thirty-nine, this book has given me a new respect for the person he is. He is as star-struck as anyone of us which lends to his understanding of his fans - fans he calls friends.

Just a little too glossy.......2003-01-06

I too have been a Tony Orlando fan for MANY years. I went to Vegas in the 1970s specifically to see his show. I even patted him on the butt! I was rather disappointed that he did not go into more detail about his relationship with the girls from Dawn, he mentioned at one time that they were not speaking but gave no info as to why not. I would also have liked to know more about the drug use and dark days with Freddie Prinze. It just seemed that the book put a positive spin on all aspects of his life and did not delve into the problem areas that we all have. This all helps to make a person what he/she is today and I felt this was missing in the book. I did enjoy it but thought more details could have been included to round out the picture of his life.

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ENCHANTING, TENDER, WONDERFUL!!

Halfway to Paradise
Neesa Hart
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A Second Chance

Single mother Maggie Connell has managed to make an independent life for herself and her young son Ryan. But when handsome widower Scott Bishop enters her world, Maggie responds to his tender touch and unforgettable kisses.

Scott had locked his feelings away, but when he is with Maggie, he feels complete and alive. For it is not just shared tragedy that binds them together, but a powerful physical attraction...and a strange, inexplicable touching of souls.

Maggie and Scott both long to trust once more, yet they can't let go of their memories and the fear of losing again. But the greatest risk is never loving at all. Can these two lonely people find a new beginning-together?

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Wonderful.......2000-04-10

It's a story of how to fall in love again after losing someone you once loved so dearly. Maggie, a single mother of 7 years old son, who lost her husband in an accident. And Scott, a husband who lost his wife from cancer. I loved the story so much. Scott was likeable. Maggie was sweet eventhough she was a little annoying by kept pushing Scott away. Also I was enjoying the story of the two ghosts, Mark (Maggie's husband) and Annie (Scott's wife), watching over Scott and Maggie, and have their own story unfolded. It was good!

For all who hesitate to risk loving again..........1999-05-03

The first time we love, we fall off a cliff unexpectedly. After that, we jump by choice.

Neesa Hart's _Halfway to Paradise_ is a story of hope, not just for those who have lost beloved mates, but for all of us who have loved and must learn to trust love again. It's a recognition that no matter how complete our act of past loving, we can choose to love with today's increased capacity, with today's greater insights.

In the physcial world of Hart's tale, Scott reaches readiness to love again sooner than Maggie and guides her toward acceptance. In the etherial world, their departed mates struggle with another level of loving. Growth as individuals and love at new levels are goals for all four very real characters. Maggie's young son Ryan offers all four another focus for loving lessons and provides communication among them.

If you've grieved for a lost love, you'll follow the emotional paths of this story with a tight throat and strong sense of recognition. You'll find welcome relief at every victory won as two strong people learn to risk, to respect former emotion, and to advance in emotional growth and loving.

Jumping off the cliff again, with the right person and for the best reasons, won't seem impossible.

Sensitive, wonderful, BUT..........1999-04-01

Neesa Hart writes sensitively about people who have lost their loved ones and finding love again. I really enjoyed this book, and cried here and there while reading this.

BUT

My God, the heroine is one long, long misery train. She keeps pushing him back and then taking him back. Again. And again. In between bouts of guilt she's betraying the memory of her late husband. Perfectly understandable but after there is only so much yoyo emotional trip I can take without feeling depressed myself. I wanted to shake her, "Oh snap out of it!" after that woman takes a long long emotional trainwreck trip just to make an (obvious) vital decision.

Maybe if the angst trip is shorter, I'll enjoy it better.

Good.......1999-03-25

I liked the story. Scott was so easy to like. Maggie was also nice but it was not as easy to see why Scott fell in love with her. The ghosts were okay but I thought that they took away from the book.

ENCHANTING, TENDER, WONDERFUL!!.......1999-03-18

I have read all kinds of romance stories and this is the first one I have TRULY enjoyed from cover to cover (even though there was not explicit sex, which is the case in most romantic novels). I could not put it down and did not want it to end. Loved the concept of the ghosts - Mark & Annie and the fact that only Ryan & Max could see them. They were perfect together!! I laughed and cried thru the whole book. Please hurry and write another!!

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Well written, but the use of sex as a weapon was a big turn-off
IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!

Halfway to Paradise
Emily Bradshaw
Manufacturer: Dell
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Release Date: 1993-09-05

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Well written, but the use of sex as a weapon was a big turn-off.......2006-05-10

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Puritan beauty...

Jane Alexander knew it was wrong to buy a child, but surely God would forgive her. She had lost her baby. Now she would mother the soon-to-be-orphaned son of a condemned spy. But when she visited Lord Chester in jail to assure him that his child would be safe, she made an enemy who vowed to stalk her from the grave. She tried to forget his blazing hazel eyes--until the day he returned from the dead to claim his son--and her as well...

Unrepentant royalist...

Once he had been Matthew Hawkins, Earl of Chester. Now he was "Hawk", escaped convict, King of Thieves, master of London's underworld, determined to drive the puritan Cromwell from England's helm. But first he would find his son--and Jane Alexander, whose face haunted his dreams. He thought she was the enemy until he met her in a contest of wills. Her reckless courage, her stubborn integrity, her innocent beauty were devastating. But it was her passion that shook them both to the core...

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I've enjoyed books by Emily Bradshaw (who also writes as Emily Carmichael) in the past, though I've found none of them to be keepers. This is no exception to that rule.

HALFWAY TO PARADISE is a story set in England in the time of Oliver Cromwell and in the aftermath of the English revolution. It's yet another take on "Romeo and Juliet", with a love developing between a Royalist and a Puritan. It's also a story over the love of a child, one that they both seek to claim exclusive parental rights to.

Emily Bradshaw writes with an engaging, flowing style that is pleasant and easy to read. She has obviously done her research, and weaves the historical details into the background in such a way that it never detracts from the story. I never felt like I was reading a history textbook--thank goodness. This book is written just how a historical romance should be.

My problem was not with how this story was written, or that it wasn't interesting enough. There was never a complaint on that score. My complaint was with the way the hero was constantly using sex as a weapon against the heroine. He doesn't go so far as to actually rape her, but still, the violent sexual undertones left me feeling more than a little creeped out. The story started off well, but then deteriorated into a formulamatic "sheltered heroine is set free from her contraints by the hero and turns into a nymphomanic/slut" story. That was where this book lost my interest.

If you can get past the hero using sex as a weapon, then you'll probably enjoy this book. If you can't, then you won't.

IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!.......1999-07-08

This was one of my favorite books. I like how Emily brought the characters to life. It also had some funny lines in the book.i would recomend any romance reader to buy it.Even though i am 16 this was the first romance i have ever read,and to tell the truth i like it alot.

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Halfway to Paradise
Spencer Leigh , and John Firminger
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Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Post-War Britain 1945-1968 (Social Science Paperbacks)

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Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Post-War Britain 1945-1968 (Social Science Paperbacks)
Elizabeth Wilson
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Halfway To Paradise
Neesa HART
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Halfway to Paradise
Tony; Cox, Patsi Bale Orlando
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Halfway to Paradise
Desmond Cdtro 433 Dekker
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Halfway to paradise
Percy Miller Adams
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Halfway to Paradise (ISBN: 0312266030)
Tony with Patsi Bale Cox Orlando
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Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, Second Edition, shows organizations how to lead their key clients into lasting, profitable, high-value relationships. Building on the powerful, tested principles of knowledge-based client relationships, Ross Dawson provides clear and extremely practical approaches for all professional and knowledge-based firms on how to create unique value for both clients and themselves.
Detailed case studies across a wide variety of professional services industries offer valuable insights into world leading practice in the field.

He examines key client programs, and how to create deeper knowledge-based relationships through these. He discusses in detail the collaborative technologies available today and how they can be used in client relationships, along with managing portfolios of communications channels. He also discusses firm-wide relationship management, leading relationship teams, and value-based pricing for knowledge-based client relationships. This is done by presenting underlying theoretical framework, a variety of tools for structuring relationships and presenting knowledge to clients, and numerous case studies and examples of firms which have implemented these concepts successfully.

*Completely updated and revised to focus on the latest thinking in client relationships and professional services
* Discusses how to make effective use of the new collaborative technologies
* Includes numerous case studies and examples of real professional services firms

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Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, Second Edition, focuses on high-value client relationships and key drivers of these today, in particular knowledge-based client relationships. Author Ross Dawson presents clearly and in an extremely practical fashion what knowledge organizations can do to enhance the value of the knowledge they deliver to clients in order to strengthen the client relationship, provide client leaderships, and develop mutually profitable relationships. Dawson then presents a framework for enhancing the client relationship capabilities of the firm, which examines strategy, structures, processes, skills and culture as key enablers of relationship capabilities. He examines key client programs, and how to create deeper knowledge-based relationships through these. He discusses in detail the collaborative technologies available today and how they can be used in client relationships, along with managing portfolios of com

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Hitting the Suite Spot.......2005-09-13

The only thing wrong with this book is that more CEOs don't read it. Ross Dawson captures and communicates the strategic and tactical imperatives to help any organization (or person) build lasting and successful client relationships. It is akin to something you always knew but didn't know how to say. Ross does all the work and makes it seem easy. From placing value on your services (do you want to be a commodity or a partner) to implementing collaborative technologies, Ross tells it like it is, in a way that even the most static organization can understand and embrace. A must read for anyone who wants to survive in today's marketplace. Great for marketing communications professionals in particular (at advertisers or at agencies).
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Great Upgrade in the second edition.......2005-08-13

Ross Dawson has recently produced the second edition to his successful Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships. Opening sentences set the tone: "Knowledge and relationships are where all value resides in today's economy...Moreover, knowledge itself is all about relationships." This resonates well with my experience. In this book, Ross looks at this issue in the context of professional service firms, a market in which I spent over 20 years of service. In this case, a client is not simply purchasing the services of the smart individual assigned to them, but the collective knowledge of the entire firm. That is where the unique value lies. Otherwise a simple placement service at much lower rates would be sufficient.

This is the second edition of a book which first appeared in 2000. One of the major upgrades came from an understanding that if you clients do not recognize the value you create for them through more knowledge-based relationships and services, it does not help you or your clients. This new edition addresses this issue by proving material on how to lead your clients through knowledge based relations and understand the value they bring. Ross provides a useful model for obtaining a deep partnership with your client. The four stages are engaging, aligning, deepening, and partnering. While there are many such models, I have found them useful focal points for activities. For example, we used a somewhat similar model to design our internal marketing efforts at Ryder. It helps to ensure that you are laying the right foundation for a deep relationship and not getting ahead of the process. You do not what to conduct aligning activities until you are engaged, etc. Sounds simple, but this point is often overlooked in practice without a model to check against.

There is a good section on the current and future status of professional service firms and a multi-chapter section on how these firms can add value by promoting knowledge-based relationships with their clients. Being very practical I was especially interested in the final section on implementation. How can you practically do this stuff? As Ross wrote, the real value is making these things happen. I was not disappointed here. He gives a robust framework of the five key domains: strategies, structures, process, skills, and culture. But, more importantly, fills this framework in with specific suggestions.

Next, follows a review of the growing communication channels available to connect with clients and their strengths and limitations. There is a tradeoff between efficiency and relationship strength. But the high payoff activities come from the high relationship initiatives. Ross extends this approach to offer ways to expand client contact beyond the initial relationships that brought you into the firm. This expanded contact requires greater guidance and leadership to ensure consistency and alignment with your objectives for the client and this leadership is the subject of the next chapter. Here he makes use of the four stage model introduced earlier, engaging, aligning, deepening, and partnering, and applies it to a variety of communication channels. I have found that a key to success in most consulting relationships is active involvement by the client. The best initiatives, the ground breaking ones, came from a partnering with some smart client people. The worst were ones were we were forced to do it for them. Ross develops this theme in the next chapter on co-creation with some excellent examples such as the successful London ad agency, Mother.

Ross concludes with an appendix on the nature of mental models drawing on cognitive science. This was my academic field so I read this piece with great interest. He covers the two main types of mental representations, analogical or sensory based like images, and propositional which are abstract in nature and best represented by language and math. These two forms can complement each other but their qualities need to recognized and taken advantage of in communication. The goal of this review of the basic concepts of cognitive science is to provide a grounding in ways to more effectively transfer knowledge. To transfer knowledge we must understand how people acquire this knowledge.

I certainly recommend this book to anyone who wants to develop deeper client relations, create more impactful initiatives and enable their clients to appreciate the significance of this work.

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