Overview
The essays contained in this volume were originally delivered as papers to a conference on the German-language broadcasting of the BBC, held in London in 2002. For over sixty years, the BBC German Service was Britain's most authoritative voice to the German-speaking world, representing a virtual paradigm of British cultural and political attitudes towards Germany and Austria - and helping to define their perceptions of Britain and the British. Despite the BBC's enormous cultural standing and influence, however, this volume is the first to evaluate the Corporation's German-language broadcasting since the BBC German Service was closed down in 1999. The essays fall into three broad categories: German-language broadcasting during the Second World War, broadcasting to Germany and Austria during the Cold War, and finally a series of personal accounts from former employees of the Service. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students of broadcasting (including media studies) as well as those involved in German Studies and in German and Austrian Exile Studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Charmian Brinson ,
Richard Dove
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Editions Rodopi B.V.
Volume: 5
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.00cm
Weight: 0.463kg
ISBN: 9789042009783
ISBN 10: 9042009780
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 01 January 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Language: English, German
Reviews
The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies has established itself as a must-read for anyone interested in the field of Exile Studies in Britain and internationally. This fifth volume is no exception... in: The Modern Language Review, Vol. 100.3, 2005, pp. 855-6 ...gehort [...] in jede Bibliothek... in: The German Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 2, Spring 2005
""The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies has established itself as a must-read for anyone interested in the field of Exile Studies in Britain and internationally. This fifth volume is no exception…"" - in: The Modern Language Review, Vol. 100.3 (2005), pp. 855-6 ""…gehört […] in jede Bibliothek…"" - in: The German Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Spring 2005)
Author Information
Charmian Brinson studied German in London and is now Professor of German Studies at Imperial College, London. She has published widely on German-speaking exile in Great Britain, particularly on political exiles and women in exile. Publications include: The Strange Case of Dora Fabian and Mathilde Wurm: A study of German Political Exile in London during the 1930s (1997). Richard Dove studied French and German in Oxford and is now Professor of German at the University of Greenwich. He has published widely on Expressionism and German-speaking exile, particularly on theatre and cabaret. Publications include: Ernst Toller. Ein Leben in Deutschland (1993), Journey of No Return. Five German-speaking literary Exiles in London 1933-45 (2000) (German edition: Fremd ist die Stadt und leer, 2003).
