{"product_id":"9781442661875","title":"Race under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRace Under Reconstruction in German Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e investigates postwar racial formations via a pivotal West German film by one of the most popular and prolific directors of the era. The release of Robert Stemmle's \u003cem\u003eToxi\u003c\/em\u003e (1952) coincided with the enrolment in West German schools of the first five hundred Afro-German children fathered by African-American occupation soldiers. The didactic plot traces the ideological conflicts that arise among members of a patrician family when they encounter an Afro-German child seeking adoption, herein broaching issues of integration at a time when the American civil rights movement was gaining momentum and encountering violent resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerceptions of 'Blackness' in \u003cem\u003eToxi\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrate continuities with those prevailing in Wilhelmine Germany, but also signal the influence of American social science discourse and tropes originating in icons of American popular culture, such as \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBirth of a Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, and several \u003cem\u003eShirley Temple films\u003c\/em\u003e. By applying a Cultural Studies approach to individual film sequences, publicity photos, and press reviews, Angelica Fenner relates West German discourses around race and integration to emerging economic and political anxieties, class antagonism, and the reinstatement of conventional gender roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe film \u003cem\u003eToxi\u003c\/em\u003e is now available on DVD from the DEFA Film Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163005665520,"sku":"9781442661875","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442661875_p0.jpg?v=1763812469","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442661875","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}