LEADER 02384cam a22004338i 4500001 293444 005 20240624132644.0 008 240321s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2024001576 020 9781805394792 |q(hardback) 020 |z9781805394808 |q(epub) 035 (DLC) 2024001576 035 (DLC)293444 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC 050 00 PN1995.9.N36 |bH346 2024 082 00 791.43/6561 |223/eng/20240215 100 1 Hales, Barbara, |d1962- |eauthor. 245 10 Cinematically transmitted disease : |beugenics and film in Weimar and Nazi Germany / |cBarbara Hales. 263 2404 264 1 New York : |bBerghahn, |c2024. 300 pages cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 0 Film Europa : German cinema in an International context ; |vvolume 28 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "Propaganda played an essential role in influencing the attitudes and policies of German National Socialism on racial purity and euthanasia, but little has been said on the impact of medical hygiene films. Cinematically Transmitted Disease explores these films for the first time, from their inception during the Weimar era and throughout the years to come. In this innovative volume, author Barbara Hales demonstrates how medical films as well as feature films were circulated among the German people to embed and enforce notions of scientific legitimacy for racial superiority and genetically spread "incurable" diseases, creating and maintaining an instrumental fear of degradation in the German national population"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024 599 Shelved at 78-4-2 650 0 National socialism and motion pictures. 650 0 Eugenics in motion pictures. 650 0 People with disabilities in motion pictures. 650 0 Motion pictures |zGermany |xHistory. 650 0 Motion pictures in propaganda |zGermany. 650 0 Eugenics |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 776 08 |iOnline version:Hales, Barbara, 1962- |tCinematically transmitted disease |dNew York : Berghahn, 2024 |z9781805394808 |w(DLC) 2024001577 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 78-4-2