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9780810849785

Straight Through the Heart Doris Dsrrie, German Filmmaker and Author

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810849785

  • ISBN10:

    081084978X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-11-26
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

This collection of articles is the first comprehensive introduction to the work of the multi-talented Doris Dsrrie, Germany's most successful female filmmaker and best-selling author.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
1 A Conversation with Doris Dörrie
1(16)
Klaus Phillips (Hollins University)
2 Beyond Screwball Comedy: Doris Dörrie's Straight through the Heart
17(14)
Donna L. Hoffmeister (independent scholar)
3 In the Belly of the Whale: "Rosebud" Redux
31(8)
Klaus Phillips (Hollins University)
4 Doris Dörrie's Men: Bridging the Gap between 1968 and 1985?
39(13)
Jennifer Taylor (College of William and Mary)
5 Love and Sexuality in Men
52(8)
Vibeke R. Petersen (Drake University)
6 "I Want to Take You on My Banana Boat": A Queer Reading of Doris Dörrie's Men
60(9)
Susan Kassouf (Educational Leadership Program)
7 Melodrama and Ambivalence; or, Where Is "the Strong Woman" in Doris Dörrie's Paradise?
69(18)
Sheila Johnson (University of Texas, San Antonio)
8 Me and Him and the "Serial Seducer" Genre
87(8)
George Lellis (Coker College)
9 Why Americans Didn't Laugh: Comedic Structure in Me and Him
95(11)
Robert C. Reimer (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
10 Text and Genre Context in Doris Dörrie's Money 106(9)
Hans-Bernhard Moeller (University of Texas, Austin)
11 Happy Birthday! or, Is a Private Eye a Type of Family Doctor? 115(13)
Franz A. Birgel (Muhlenberg College)
12 A Carnival of Humans: Multicultural Spaces and Space Aliens in Doris Dörrie's Nobody Loves Me 128(13)
Mareike Herrmann (College of Wooster)
13 Angst Takes a Holiday in Doris Dörrie's Am I Beautiful? 141(19)
Margaret McCarthy (Davidson College)
14 Removing the Mask: Doris Dörrie's Enlightenment Guaranteed 160(10)
Robert C. Reimer (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
15 Naked: Is There a Fundamental Identity, Which We Adorn, or Is It All Tentative? 170(7)
Dairyu Michael Wenger (San Francisco Zen Center)
16 Reflecting Love at Quite Its Natural Size: Doris Dörrie as Writer 177(11)
Richard Utz (University of Northern Iowa)
17 Doris Dörrie: The Filmmaker as Writer 188(8)
Thomas R. Nadar (Auburn University)
18 What Children Know: The Child's Imagination in Doris Dörrie's Picture Books 196(11)
Julie Pfeiffer (Hollins University)
Appendix: Original Script for Nobody Loves Me 207(82)
Filmography: Films Directed by Doris Dörrie 289(6)
Bibliography 295(12)
Index 307(14)
About the Editors and Contributors 321

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