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Mixed Identities in the Far West: Questions of Coexistence in DEFA’s Indianerfilme

Brooker, Stewart Elisha
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1682084257474459

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2023, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Germanic Languages and Literatures.
In this paper, I argue that the two DEFA-Indianerfilme, Tödlicher Irrtum (1969) and Blauvogel (1979), raise questions of Indian-settler coexistence. Through topographically driven analyses of the films that also pay special attention to their racially-mixed and culturally-mixed protagonists, I demonstrate how Tödlicher Irrtum suggests that Indian survival hinges on the success of a coexistence founded on enlightenment ideals, and how Blauvogel simultaneously problematizes coexistences under settler colonial and Indian societies, championing instead a third way. My readings of these films are preceded with an introduction to the DEFA-Indianerfilme, briefly touching upon the genre’s literary and cinematic roots, and capped by a conclusion suggesting the relevance of these films as didactic guides for contemporary questions of coexistence.
John Davidson (Advisor)
Matthew Birkhold (Committee Member)
41 p.
Film Studies; Germanic Literature; Native American Studies
DEFA, East German Cinema, Indianerfilm, Indianerliteratur, DDR, GDR, Film, Coexistence, Western, Red Western, Eurowestern, Indianthusiasm, Native American, Postcolonial

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  • Brooker, S. E. (2023). Mixed Identities in the Far West: Questions of Coexistence in DEFA’s Indianerfilme [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1682084257474459

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brooker, Stewart. Mixed Identities in the Far West: Questions of Coexistence in DEFA’s Indianerfilme . 2023. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1682084257474459.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brooker, Stewart. "Mixed Identities in the Far West: Questions of Coexistence in DEFA’s Indianerfilme ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1682084257474459

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