{"product_id":"television-tabloids-and-tears-jane-shattuc-9780816624553","title":"Television, Tabloids, and Tears: Fassbinder and Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelevision, Tabloids, and Tears \u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1995. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am Biberkopf,\" Rainer Werner Fassbinder declared, aligning himself with the protagonist of his widely seen television adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz. The statement provoked an unprecedented national debate about what constituted an acceptable German artist and who has the power to determine art. More than any recent German director, Fassbinder embodied this debate, and Jane Shattuc shows us how much this can tell us, not just about the man and his work, but also about the state of \"culture\" in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is fascinating in itself that Fassbinder, a highly controversial public figure, was chosen to direct Berlin Alexanderplatz, Germany's longest, costliest, and most widely viewed television drama. Shattuc exposes the dichotomy of institutional support for this project versus the scandalous controversial reputation of Fassbinder as a gay man who flaunted his sexuality and involvement with drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFassbinder built his reputation on two separate images of the director-the faithful adapter and the underground star; with Berlin Alexanderplatz these two identities came together explosively. Tracing the two artistic paths that led Fassbinder to this moment, Shattuc offers us a look at cultural class divisions in Germany. Her account of Fassbinder's history as an Autor reveals both the triumph and the failure of bourgeois cultural domination in postwar West Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Shattuc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816624550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816624553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.93w x 0.57d","brand":"Jane Shattuc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966116393215,"sku":"9780816624553","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e07d0a38-3797-44be-8641-a996007f58b7.jpg?v=1711158904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/television-tabloids-and-tears-jane-shattuc-9780816624553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}