{"product_id":"the-white-ribbon-9781640140448","title":"The White Ribbon","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores Haneke's historically complex film as a reflection on purity, ideology, violence, and child-rearing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhite ribbons and black pedagogy - Michael Haneke's award-winning film \u003ci\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) is a multilayered reflection on purity, ideology, violence, and child rearing. In this tense black-and-white whodunit, mysterious events occur in a small town on the German-Polish border in 1913-14. A tripwire fells the doctor's horse; a farmhand's wife falls through the floor of a shed; a barn goes up in flames; the baron's son is terribly beaten; a girls takes claims to clairvoyance; a mentally disabled boy is tortured and maimed. While the film unfolds on the eve of the First World War, the violence evokes other historical moments: the breakup of the multi ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, the rise of National Socialism, the emergence of 1960s German terrorism, and religious fundamentalism post 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fatima Naqvi's book looks at Haneke's technique of combining various histories in the digital era. It also reflects on the guise of literariness and historical authenticity in which the director clothes this fictional film. It meditates on the film's inscription techniques and its ability to appeal to international audiences. Naqvi shows that \u003ci\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/i\u003e bespeaks a certain historical \"translatability\" into historical and aesthetic contexts outside of Germany-in marked contrast to the historical specificity it conveys on a surface level.","brand":"Fatima Naqvi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960009789558,"sku":"9781640140448","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_8ef76b09-b8b3-44ad-a481-9b69f43ffe9b.jpg?v=1770499719","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-white-ribbon-9781640140448","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}