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 Führer, 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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The Nazi Image in Low-Brow Cinema and Culture
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781441175021
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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