Docudramatizing history on TV: German and British docudrama and historical event television in the memorial year 2005

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-53

  Ebbrecht, Tobias ^a  

^a Film and Television Academy 'Konrad Wolf'   (Germany)

Author keywords

Docudrama; Documentary; German television; Historical event television; Memory; Nazism; Second World War

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947253961     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549407072969     Document Type: Article

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