Germany is not Texas. Finding reunified Germany in the Rural: Christoph Schlingensief’s The German Chain Saw Massacre

Sarah Pogoda

Germany is not Texas. Finding reunified Germany in the Rural: Christoph Schlingensief’s The German Chain Saw Massacre

Sarah Pogoda

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Abstract

This article explores the transnational qualities of the Chain Saw narrative via a comparison of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Christoph Schlingensief’s The German Chain Saw Massacre (1990) with a focus on the latter.
The article challenges the idea of transnational narratives by identifying the cultural specificity of both films. However it does acknowledge Schlingensief’s The German Chain Saw Massacre as an ingenious appropriation of Hooper’s original for the unique historical framework of the German Reunification.

Original language	English
No.	4
Specialist publication	Cine-Excess
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2020

Keywords

Film
Christoph Schlingensief
Tobe Hooper
Chain Saw Massacre
Transnationalism
German Reunification
Horror
Splatter
National Myth

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4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
2 Chapter

Deutschlandsuche '99 - Erster Imaginärer Opernführer - Wagner-Rallye '04
Translated title of the contribution: Finding Germany '99 - First Imaginary Opera Guide - Wagner-Rallye '04 Pogoda, S., 10 May 2025, Schlingensief-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung. Kovacs, T., Scheinpflug, P. & Wortmann, T. (eds.). J.B.Metzler, p. 175-179
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
Frühe Avantgarde
Translated title of the contribution: Early Avant GardePogoda, S., 10 May 2025, Schlingensief-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung. Kovacs , T., Scheinpflug , P. & Wortmann , T. (eds.). p. 451-456
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
Nachlassgeschichte und Archiv
Translated title of the contribution: ArchivesPogoda, S., 10 May 2025, Schlingensief-Handbuch: Leben – Werk – Wirkung. Kovacs , T., Scheinpflug , P. & Wortmann , T. (eds.). J.B.Metzler, p. 33-39
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

1 Participation in Academic conference

GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Pogoda, S. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2021
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic conference

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Germany is not Texas. Finding reunified Germany in the Rural: Christoph Schlingensief’s The German Chain Saw Massacre

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Deutschlandsuche '99 - Erster Imaginärer Opernführer - Wagner-Rallye '04

Frühe Avantgarde

Nachlassgeschichte und Archiv

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GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION

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