Description: The first book to address the blockbuster television show Babylon Berlin, this volume of analytical essays provides a foundational resource for those who view, teach, and/or study the series.
Brief description: Thomas O. Haakenson is Associate Professor in Critical Studies and Visual Studies at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland, USA. He is coeditor of the book series Visual Cultures and German Contexts and has been published widely, including in New German Critique, Cabinet, Rutgers Art Review, German Studies Review, and the anthologies Legacies of Modernism, Spectacle, Representations of German Identity, as well as Memorialization in Germany Since 1945. He has received awards and fellowships from the United States Fulbright Program, the Social Science Research Council, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies.
Review Quotes:
"The book is a rich collection for everyone watching the series with an interest in interdisciplinary discourses around Babylon Berlin and in closer examination of the series as a product of its manifold cultural intertexts." --Critical Studies in Television
"Required reading for any discerning fan of the television show or student of the culture, history, and politics of late Weimar. Hester Baer and Jill Smith have brought together an impressive group of scholars to show the critical potential of interdisciplinary work in film and media studies." --Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin, USA "Babylon Berlin has brought international attention to German series productions. This volume helps us understand why. Exploring all aspects of the production: from the crime novels that serve as inspiration, to the tourists who search Berlin for their favorite location; from the images to the funding, Baer and Smith unite a transdisciplinary group of scholars whose focus on Babylon Berlin sets new standards in film and television scholarship." --Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Film and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA